"steve auvache" wrote in message
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In article , Pam Moore
writes
On Fri, 25 May 2007 14:51:45 +0100, steve auvache
wrote:


Problem is that I have a rather large quantity of paper stored ready to
shred. Were it a normal week's collection of junk it would not be a
problem but the sheer mass of it all calls for special treatment as a
one off exercise.

You're not shredding newspaper are you?

Not yet. Old training manuals at the moment, printed on marketing
department friendly recycled bleach free paper.


In my experience if you just
tear it up roughly, and mix it with other compost it will rot down
quickly.

As I said I have been saving for this day and judging by the way it is
bulking up I will soon have many times the volume of shredded than I
have composting capacity with much more waiting in the wings, which is
why I want to pre-process it.



If you have lawn mowings, mix that in with the paper.

I have long since turned the back garden into a veggie plot and am in
the process of remaking the front into wild flowers so not a grass
clipping in sight. Tbh I don't get that much waste out of it all these
days and I view the paper as a real bonus.


Well what's wrong with just burying the stuff in the veg plot. Folk normally
just bury unshredded newspaper but I do underasand your need to shred x10:-)

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steve auvache
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