We have a shredder (from Office World or similar) and use it to shred all toilet roll inners, old bills, anything with your address on it (gawd, is that paranoid?) and any non shiny or non plasticy junk mail. When I've got a bit too much grass, I go in the house and get the shreddy bin.
Also, I have a Bosch garden shredder that I put all hedge clippings and prunings through and build up brown waste in a bin or bags behind the shed. When the grass is a bit much, I pour some of this on.
I read news digitally but the free local papers (when they're not being used to pack stuff away for planned building work at the mo) are put through the office shredder too.
I will have to try that tearing paper thing but the only newspaper I get is piles of out of date Daily Mails begged and scrounged from a local pub as pet bedding.
How about the Sun, or the Telegraph? Do the plants grow better depending if it's a posh broadsheet or a tabloid.
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tee hee.I'm glad I have my uses, even if it's just to give a laugh.
We run the papers through the shredder, gets jammed so often I didn't even think to rip it up by hand, wonder which way the evening standard goes?
Can't believe jeans compost. Does that apply to anything cotton?! Did you shred first?
We have a shredder (from Office World or similar) and use it to shred all toilet roll inners, old bills, anything with your address on it (gawd, is that paranoid?) and any non shiny or non plasticy junk mail. When I've got a bit too much grass, I go in the house and get the shreddy bin.
Also, I have a Bosch garden shredder that I put all hedge clippings and prunings through and build up brown waste in a bin or bags behind the shed. When the grass is a bit much, I pour some of this on.
I read news digitally but the free local papers (when they're not being used to pack stuff away for planned building work at the mo) are put through the office shredder too.
Hope this gives you some ideas.
Hostafan1
I will have to try that tearing paper thing but the only newspaper I get is piles of out of date Daily Mails begged and scrounged from a local pub as pet bedding.
How about the Sun, or the Telegraph? Do the plants grow better depending if it's a posh broadsheet or a tabloid.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Forgot to say that the innards from the vacuum cleaner go on the heap too. Not sure if they're classed as brown but I'd guess they are.
I am inspired by all your ideas! My clutter will be turned into compost soon!