Composting yard waste and vegetable leftovers makes sense, but did you know you can compost dryer lint? Crazy, right? It turns out there are a ton of things that you can compost that might surprise you.
Check them out in the list below.
- latex balloons
- bamboo skewers
- beer that's flat (shame on you for letting that go bad!)
- Cardboard (pizza boxes, toilet paper rolls, etc)
- cat litter (unused)
- moldy cheese
- cotton or wool cloth
- crepe paper streamers
- crumbs
- dog/cat food (vegetable-based)
- dog chew toys (rawhide only)
- dryer lint
- feathers
- fish food
- flowers
- hair and fur
- ice cream (really)
- kleenex
- loofah sponges
- used matches
- nail clippings
- nori and other seeweed
- leather (shred it like mad first)
- paper (black and white)
- pasta (only if cooked and plain)
- pencil shavings
- pine cones
- post-it notes
- Q-tips
- rice (only if cooked and plain)
- seed shells
- paper table cloths
- urine (gross)
- vacuum bag contents
- wine corks
I compiled my list from information from these two great websites, which are great resources on composting in general. I'm looking forward to going home and getting started composting again!
- http://www.compostinstructions.com/what-you-can-and-cannot-compost/
- http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/surprising-compost-items.htm
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