For food safety, avoid composting cotton items that have come in direct contact with chemicals you don’t want in your food garden, such as nail polish remover. 16.

Compost also needs a good level of moisture to decompose items, and grease and oil can hinder your compost’s moisture balance, so avoid these foods, too. 7. Baked goods ...

To create the right kind of compost with the most benefits, you need a good mixture of brown materials, or those that don’t have life in them but are carbon-rich and dry, and green or wet materials.

Millions of pounds of food scraps, landscaping materials and food-soiled items are turned into compost every week at the Staten Island facility. Michael McWeeney.

If passed, residents would be prohibited from composting items such as meat, fish and refined oils and fats to prevent the attraction of rodents and pests.

Some gardeners add fish, meat, bones and dairy products to their compost. This is fine, unless you have a problem with rodents or raccoons. These foods create a strong smell that scavengers can't ...

From corks to hairballs, here are seven unexpected things you can put on your compost heap to help it thrive. From corks to hairballs, ...

Food items decompose in a mound of compost at Recology's Blossom Valley Organics North composting facility on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Vernalis, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ...

FoodPlus! will commercially compost items like meat and fish scraps (including bones), dairy products, bread and other baked goods, rice and pasta, citrus peels, and approved compostable packaging ...

By composting these often-overlooked materials, you’re reducing waste while enriching your soil with diverse nutrients.” 7 unexpected things you can add to your compost Bread and pastries ...