75 Things You Can Compost: Who Knew?

We have been composting kitchen scraps and garden clippings for awhile now, but Planet Green's recent list of "75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn't," opened our eyes to a whole new world of compost possibilities ...

Among the compostable items that surprised us, or that we'd never considered before:

• Wine corks
• Pizza crusts and pizza boxes
• Moldy cheese

Here's the full list:
• 75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn't, from Planet Green

What kinds of things do you put in your compost bin or heap?

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posted originally from: TheKitchn

Categories: Outdoor, Gardening, Green Living

Posted by Emily Ho

Emily Ho is a writer and recipe developer. She lives in Los Angeles, where she teaches classes on food preservation, wild food, and herbalism. She is a Master Food Preserver and founder of LA Food Swap and Food Swap Network.
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Comments (6)

Latex condoms? That surprised me more than moldy cheese.

some of that was kind of a no brainer and just a repeat

like no sh** you can compost tea bags, coffee grounds, and liquids like really?

i'm suprised by a couple like loofahs and condoms but those would take forever to deteriorate and i don't think your worms would be to happy to munch on those :/

iI just bought a NatureMills composter, and in the instructions, it explicitly says not to put newspapers in it. But newspapers on on the list of 75 things. Anyone know why?

loofahs - yes
latex - no

I would imagine that the newspaper is omitted based on the fact that the ink varies from newspaper to newspaper. If the newspaper that you read is printed with vegtable based inks Im sure it would be fine. On the other hand that might also refer to the composting method perhaps the system that you're using can't break down the newspaper effectively

I think this list is helpful, I don't know why but I haven't been composting expired bread, cereal, grains, etc. Duh.

Tere are some things on this list I'm not too sure of, like pet food. My cats eat canned food, which is mostly meat, won't that attract rodents to my urban compost pile? Don't think my neighbors would like that one. Also, paper towels and tissues, what about the bleach and other chemicals they're made with? Isn't that bad for the compost and my garden later?

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