"June Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Mike
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"June Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Droog Genzel
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I have just realised that I produce a fair amount of shredded paper in
my
home office from one of those small paper shredders. This one cuts it
up
into small pieces.
Instead of binning this, is it any use putting it into the compost bin
?

I used to shred mine and compost it but now the council collects it
weekly for recycling. It used to break down well.
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June Hughes

June can you give us a run down on proportions to use, and do you mix it
in
or just dump it on top of the heap/compost bin? (We operate bins, we have
three of them)

I have a barrel which turns, which I bought from Barnet council around 10
years ago for £10. I just layered the shredded paper with garden refuse
but that didn't work as well as the net-fabric-walled heap we also had. I
suppose there was more ventilation but unfortunately, I disposed of that
last year. I have never thought about proportions but I should think if
you put more paper on the heap than garden waste, you will have a problem.
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June Hughes

I shred all my thin cardboard boxes ( cereal packets etc. ) and mix that
with the garden waste - especially the grass clippings. I reckon about a
quarter is as much as you can do because any more than that and it's too
hard to mix up sufficiently to avoid clumps of it which stick together and
make a surprisingly durable cardboard mat. The corrugated brown card which
the council will collect breaks down much more easily because it doesn't
have the waxy coating on it. I use a cross-cut shredder which gives smaller
bits. If you've only got a standard strip shredder then you can probably
only get away with half as much.

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