Is Sourdough Starter Safe To Put in Compost Bin?

Lotus-eater

dogstarheaven wrote: »

I only thought it was natural fibres (plant-based material, hair/wool/paper etc.,) was allowed in the bin and not anything that was once alive as in an animal, or greasy from cooked food, dairy and bread.

the only reason I put the thread up is that I'm worried that vermin might be attacted to anything 'foodie'-like

Anything that has been alive will compost. Anything of animal origin will smell and worry councils for disease and goodness knows what else threat.
That and the reason as I said before, that cooked food will attract vermin, is the reason you are not advised to put them in a compost bin.

I think there is no doubt that your yeasty smell will attract extra wildlife. Whether it will get in or not, I can't answer.

I wouldn't use mothballs in the compost heap, just out of the unknown for me, I do know mothballs are really not that nice.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/mothballs-for-pests.html#

If you put a covering of shredded paper over the kitchen waste you throw into your bin, it can help keep the flies down.
Personally flies can't hurt me (fruit flies anyway) so they don't worry me, it's just another part of composting and gardening.

zarazara

Wouldnt it be wonderful if it made the compost heap rise and rise and rise so there was HEAPS of compost after a day.....................................................................

dogstarheaven

Lotus-eater wrote: »

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/mothballs-for-pests.html#

If you put a covering of shredded paper over the kitchen waste you throw into your bin, it can help keep the flies down.

thanks for the link. it was an insightful article. didn't realise they were carcinogenic. thankfully, i don't use them (i remember the smell of them in the wardrobes/drawers when i was growing up in the family home) but i was going to buy some tomorrow:o

i have noticed putting in a layer of brown waste (tree leaves) over the green waste has helped to smother and keep the flies down. it's just that at this time of yr, the flies are just horrid when they fly over your face and hair!!:eek: the wheelie bin is the worse, altho' i have kept the bin much cleaner now as i make sure that the food waste is bagged up properly and that the bin is kept free from debris.