Good afternoon.

On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:58:41 +0100,
Chris Hogg wrote:
The vacuum cleaner bags always contain a quantity of synthetical dust
which will never copost. I am unable to tell, if this is bad or
unimportant, but venture that it depends on many factors and you should
maybe find out about your own dust, before using it in the garden.

I find it simpler to just avoid composting the vacuum cleaner dust.

Curious minds want to know what your synthetical dust is ?

Jane, as I wrote : it depends. I venture, that different cultural
backgrounds creates different life-styles, different definitions of
„clean“ and thus different compositions of dust in your vacuum cleaner
(and different ways to write ompost; but I am courageous, do not worry).

It is quite easy to accept, that a lot of habitations, nowadays, will
produce a lot more chemical waste and synthetic dust, than mine and
even yours.

I think the
grot in my vacuum cleaner is pretty much organic material (mud, plant
fragments, hair, dead flies, wool from carpets, crumbs).

It is better to know than to believe, but you may be the chosen one..,
what do I know... ;-)

Many carpets are nylon, or other synthetic material. They don't break
down easily. OTOH wool breaks down readily.

Carpets are a good start. But as you keep reflecting about vacuum
cleaners, more sources of undecomposable dust come to your mind ...

Michael

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