We often get the question, "What types of things can I put in my compost pile?" There are some items that should never be put in a compost pile. Listed below are things you can compost or put in your compost bin or compost pile.
What can you put in your compost?
- Grass clippings
- Potato peels
- Coffee grounds and coffee filters
- Leaves
- Used tea bags
- Cereal boxes
- Old newspapers
- Egg shells
- Used napkins
- Sweepings from the floor
- Dead garden plants
- Watermelon rinds
- Stale herbs and spices
- Salad mix that has gone bad
- Junk mail
- Old tax records
- Rotten pumpkins
- Chopped up corn stalks
- Fruit and vegetable scraps from the kitchen
- Stale bread
- Stale crackers
- Cardboard from paper towel and toilet paper rolls
- Animal manure
- Hair & pet fur
- Moldy hay and straw
- Most any cardboard items.
