| WHAT's IN from the House: Greens |
WHAT's IN from the Garden: Browns |
- Fruit and vegetable scraps
- Rice and other grains
- Roti, paratha and naan
- Sabji, vegetable curries
- Baked items including bread
- Egg shells (important source of calcium for the compost)
- Coffee grounds
- Used tea leaves and bags
- Coffee filters
- Shredded paper (newspaper,
cereal boxes, paper packaging etc.).
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- Dry leaves
- Dead leaves (still green)
- Grass cuttings
- Weeds
- Plants and plant cutting
(non-diseased) twigs etc
(break into smaller pieces).
- Soil
- Neem khali
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| WHAT's OUT from the House |
WHAT's OUT from the Garden |
- All meat including Butter Chicken !
- Fish curry and shell fish
- Bones
- Fat, grease, oils
- All dairy products including cheese & curd
- Vacuum cleaner bags
- Textiles (rags)
- Glossy and colourful print material
Plastics (certainly out)
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- Weeds that have gone to seed
- Diseased plants
- Large branches and roots
- Dog and cat waste
- Plants previously
sprayed with
non-degradable
pesticides.
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