Composting Tissues

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Composting Tissues

Post: # 1800Post Andy Hamilton »

does anyone know if you can compost tissues? I don't but have recently been think well why not, lets face it snot is only bits of dust.
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Post: # 1803Post judyofthewoods »

All biodegradable with no added pollutants, as long as the tissue isn't coloured. I suspect you probably use recycled non coloured. If you could inhale enough pollutants to worry about the snot, I'd be more worried about your lungs.
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Post: # 1804Post Wombat »

Yesss, not to put too fine a point on it!

We have been composting tissues to no ill effect for years. ( we just won't mention the 2 foot long mutant cockroaches - there is no evidence that they are linked to the tissues:wink: )

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Post: # 1805Post Andy Hamilton »

cool that something else to keep out of a landfill then, cheers 8)
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Post: # 1807Post judyofthewoods »

Wombat wrote:( we just won't mention the 2 foot long mutant cockroaches - there is no evidence that they are linked to the tissues:wink: )

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Ah, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Have they really conducted a thorough test against different types of tissue, brands, colorants etc.?
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Post: # 1808Post Wombat »

I have conducted extensive tests on the neighbours kids and so far the kill ratio is only 30% - with no evidence of monsterism. You just can't beat statistics like that! :mrgreen:

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