Glossy paper. Mags, leaflets, etc.

**zazen999** · 22-02-2011, 11:44 AM

it's been fine to use glossy mags in composting for some years now....

What can I compost?

**Kristen** · 22-02-2011, 01:16 PM

I read somewhere that shiny paper takes much longer to rot down than other paper (but chucking a whole ream of paper in a compost heap without separating it is going to create a soggy-wad anyway! I think it might be worth running it through a (paper, not compost) shredder first.

I think the inks are supposed to only use vegetable dyes nowadays.

**Two_Sheds** · 22-02-2011, 01:41 PM

I tend to compost all paper, I haven't noticed any probs, apart from the little plastic windows from envelopes flapping around the plot

**Stu_R** · 22-02-2011, 02:43 PM

Brill, thanks for the replies everyone.

A shredding I will go come the next rainy spell.

**Dottie** · 22-02-2011, 02:48 PM

I only shred bills and other bits I don't want anyone to see, the rest I scrunch up as I put in the compost bin. I usually stand there with a big batch of papers and stuff, doing a layer of scrunched paper after I've just added a layer of greens from the plot.

Not done it yet, but I like TwoSheds tip of putting kitchen waste straight into a newspaper etc, and then adding it as is, to the compost bin.

**chris** · 22-02-2011, 03:09 PM

The GO site says poultry bedding is green waste - but goes on to mention shavings, and straw as brown waste... I've always assumed it has.. does anyone know what poultry bedding is classed as?

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