I shred an awful lot paper newspapers magazines etc.
I then use this as a mulch over any weedy part of the veg garden. I find
that potatoes grow very well under neath this mulch. Coloured inks have not
given me cause of concern and I have been doing this many years. The
following year I find that area where the mulch has been is very clean but
does need an fertiliser boost.

...................Leslie



"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article , Mike
wrote:
"June Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Droog Genzel
writes
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.

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)

Just dump it, though it needs to be crumpled enough that it doesn't
pack solid, and mixed with some earth (for the fungi) and something
that adds other nutrients (mainly nitrogen). In a household bin,
there is rarely any need to do more than avoid putting too much on
at once and crumpling flat stuff a bit.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.