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Old 15-09-2007, 03:11 AM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Waste of good mulch!

Our guinea pigs wee on newspaper, stacks of at least 10 sheets of newsprint,
which must become quite nitrogenous. ATM I throw this out as I have no time
for hand-shredding it to make mulch.

What are my options?

Can anyone recommend a heavy-duty paper shredder that would take slabs of 10+
sheets with the odd piggie poo on them? Would a mulcher work?

I've heard you can put newspaper in worm farms, but would the 100 broadsheets
a week be too much for them to munch through? Most of our other scraps go to
the chooks, so I'm not entirely sure what else the worms would get.

All experiences and suggestions welcome.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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