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Can you really compost cardboard? I thought it contained toxic chemicals.

• microcolonel 7y ago
  No, generally the primary components of commodity parcel cardboard are biodegradable and non-toxic. AFAIK. The tape is probably the biggest issue, and more and more of that is becoming paper I think. I'd be interested to see packaging completely free of plastic.
  • sneak 7y ago
    Why?
    • microcolonel 7y ago
      Because plastic is fiddly to dispose of, and makes a mess when you just leave it lying around. Uncoated paper tends to disintegrate into safe mush, which allows you to dispose of it without much care, including by sticking it in a heap somewhere and forgetting about it. In a pinch, it also burns relatively cleanly, and doesn't gum up shredding/bundling equipment.