THINGS TO COMPOST

Animal manure of animals that do not eat meat
Ashes from REAL WOOD
Bamboo skewers
Cardboard
Cereal boxes
Coffee filters
Coffee grounds
Cotton balls
Cotton rags or clothing
Cotton swabs made with cotton and cardboard
Crumbs
Dead houseplants (not sick) and soil
Dry beans
Dryer lint
Egg shells
Envelopes (no plastic window)
Feathers
Flowers from floral arrangements
Fruit
Fur
Grains
Grass
Hair
Hay
Herbs
Latex balloons
Leaves
Liquid from canned foods
Nail clippings
Natural potpourri
Nut shells (except walnut)
Paper, all products not coated with plastic
Pasta
Pencil shavings
Pine needles
Pizza crusts
Rice
Sawdust
Seaweed
Shredded bills and documents
Shredded newspaper
Spanish moss
Spices
Stale beer and wine
Stale crackers, cookies, bread, cereal, pretzels
Straw
Tea bags
Toilet paper rolls
Toothpicks
Tree bark
Urine
Used facial tissues
Vacuum cleaner bag contents
Vegetables
Weeds, seedlless
Wine corks made of cork
Wool clothing


DON’T COMPOST
Meat/bones
Dairy
Pet poop
Fats/oils
Diseased plants
Coal/charcoal
Yard trimmings treated with chemicals