Egg boxes

C_Ronaldo

Are egg boxes compostable,

meanmarie

Yes...the papier mache ones are, but it is a good idea to break them up a bit. I use the egg trays that come with a plastic cover as mini-greenhouses to protect seeds from colder air in greenhouse

Marie

annie123

yes if they are cardboard ones. tear up into bits first. along with the center of kitchen rolls and loo rolls, again shred/tear fist if poss.

your compost should have some dry bits added,
I try to put layer of greens (garden stuff/kitchen bits) then layer of paper,
all our shredded stuff goes in or if short of that, they local paper gets shredded instead of going in the recycle bin.

good luck

WestonDave

I walked away from the eggs in Tesco in disgust that they'd started using all plastic egg trays - the cardboard ones go in the compost, and as well as adding dry material they also help create air pockets.

Hepcat

Yes, all ours get composted along with kitchen/loo roll middles.

Poppycat

Yes we put cardboard ones in the composter

arkonite_babe

Hepcat wrote: »

Yes, all ours get composted along with kitchen/loo roll middles.

mine as well

Elliesmum

Hepcat wrote: »

Yes, all ours get composted along with kitchen/loo roll middles.

Us too..............

EM xx

jollyanna

This year I tried mushing a few down by soaking for 24 hours in water. After this they become pliable and I formed them into moulded shapes to line hanging baskets. They've worked fine but don't think they will last for next year so I'll recycle them in my composter.

Nutty_Tart

I have saved the cardboard ones for planting seeds in next year - I can then plant these direct into the ground. With the plastic ones, they go in the re-cycling at the moment, but I am sure I could find a better use for them???

Elliesmum

jollyanna wrote: »

This year I tried mushing a few down by soaking for 24 hours in water. After this they become pliable and I formed them into moulded shapes to line hanging baskets. They've worked fine but don't think they will last for next year so I'll recycle them in my composter.

Now I like that idea - on maternity leave next year so will have more time to do this kind of thing - thanks for the tip!

EM xx