Welcome to Compost or Not
Your ultimate guide to what can and cannot be composted.
About Compost or Not
Our mission is to provide clear, concise information to help you make informed decisions about composting. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced composter, we're here to help you create rich, healthy compost for your garden.
Can I Compost This?
- Acorns
- Alcoholic drinks
- Animal bedding
- Apple cores
- Avocado pits
- Banana peels
- Banana peels
- Beans
- Beef
- Biodegradable decorations
- Bones
- Bread
- Broccoli stems
- Burlap
- Cake
- Cardboard tubes
- Cauliflower stems
- Chips
- Chocolate
- Christmas trees
- Citrus peels
- Clam shells
- Coffee grounds
- Compostable plastics
- Cooked vegetables
- Cookies
- Corn cobs
- Cotton balls
- Cotton string
- Cotton swabs
- Crackers
- Diseased plants
- Dry cereal
- Dryer lint
- Egg shells
- Fallen leaves
- Fish skin
- Flowers
- Garlic skins
- Granola bars
- Grass clippings
- Gumballs
- Hair
- Herb stems
- Herbivore manure
- Houseplants
- Jams and jellies
- Kombucha scobies
- Matches
- Moldy cheese
- Nail clippings
- Natural fiber clothes
- Natural fiber yarn
- Nut butters
- Nut shells
- Nuts
- Oats
- Old potting soil
- Onion skins
- Oyster shells
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper grocery bags
- Paper tea bags
- Paper towels
- Pasta
- Pastries
- Pet food
- Pet hair
- Pine needles
- Pizza boxes
- Popcorn
- Popsicle sticks
- Pork
- Potato peels
- Poultry
- Powdered milk
- Produce rubber bands
- Protein powder
- Prunings
- Rice
- Sauces and dips
- Seaweed
- Seeds
- Shampoo
- Shredded paper
- Shrimp shells
- Snake skin
- Sour cream
- Sourdough discard
- Spent grain
- Spoiled milk
- Spoiled vegetables
- Stale spices
- Tea leaves
- Tempeh
- Tissues
- Tofu
- Tortillas
- Twine
- Vegetable tops
- Weeds
- Wine corks
- Wood ash
- Wooden skewers
- Wooden toothpicks
- Yogurt