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Yes Please:

Almost anything that is of vegetable origin can be composted and reduced into nutrients for micro-organisms and plants.


No Thanks:

There are some things that should not be added to an ordinary composter. Cooked food, meat, fish and bones are fine in Green Cones, Green Johannas and Bokashi Units.

 
Raw fruit and vegetable scraps 
 
Cooked food 
 
Coffee grounds 
 
Dog or cat faeces 
 
Tea bags 
 
Meat 
 
Eggshells 
 
Fish 

Soft cardboard (egg boxes, toilet roll tubes) 
 
Bones
 

Cut flowers

Diseased plants

Vegetarian pet bedding

Disposable nappies

Dustpan and vacuum cleaner dust

Fat and oil

Junk mail (excluding plastics)

Coal and coke ash 

 

Last updated | 13/01/2011

   

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