Anonymous wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.14.01.35.59.957934@notarealserve r.com...

My city does not ... but even if they did, I would not be donating my
scrap paper to them. I would still compost it, as I do now. My reading on
composting tells me to rely on a hot compost pile and a long aging cycle
(at least 1 year) to detoxify darn near anything that might get dumped
into the pile. Even diesel fuel, PCB's and DDT vanish (IIRC, PCB's need 2
years aging).

Bill

So....your compost heap/unit is self contained, sealed off from the groundwater?

Linda H., composter of paper