can orange peel be put into my compost bin?

Question

at my sons school all the children have fruit at breaktime and all the waste is put into a compost bin exept fort orange peel this has to go into bin

Answer 1

not if its got worms in it'll poison them....so thats a no!

Answer 2

Ummm...most composting has nothing to do with worms....so while oranges peels are somewhat tuff there is no good reason not to have them in there. Composting is the action of various Bacterias working on breaking down the leaves, grass, veggy scraps, etc...a good heap will be quite hot, and have a somewhat ammonia scent to it (ammonia being a by-product of the composting) When my heap is nice and active, I can get a steam cloud on a summer day...I would guess it's about 150 deg's in the center, but don't have a long compost thermometer to find out...all I know is it takes the 1000+#'s of leaves and grass and makes great black soil...

Answer 3

Flies will hover around compost piles with the veggys stuff you have but they don't lay eggs in this sort of waste. It takes meat to make a maggot. Flies like dog crap too but they don't lay eggs on it. Maybe the adult flies eat some of the material but they also land on flowers and people. The worms love it, Worms are good. Worms are brown. Maggots are white. Grass clippings or dead leaves over the compost will keep the flies from being a nuisance. Egg shells are mostly calcium. Some plants will suffer without calcium like tomatoes. Dry the shells, and pulverize them before adding them to the pile. They will decompose faster that way. Mixing a spade of dirt with your compose will speed up the decomposition process. The enzymes in the dirt, do the work.

Answer 4

No. I put citrus peel in the bin. It doesnt compost well. I also find that melon peel and seeds (and sweet pepper seeds) make the compost slimy and rotten so I also bin them.

Answer 5

Yes but not too much. It takes worms a very long time to break it down so a lot will mean that they're not doing other parts of the compost.

Answer 6

Ideally, all citrus should be avoided in compost. There is a scientific reason for this but I cant remember. It might be to do with acidity.

Answer 7

Under local bye law of 5th August 2007 sub.section 5 paragraph 7.then look at sub section 9 .paragraph 14. this will give you all the answers you need to know. If you believe it.Just put it in the bin.

Answer 8

its not that advisable but some people do. you should really put orange peel in the normal rubbish.

Answer 9

CHECK FOR SCHOOL HYGIENE REGULATIONS

Answer 10

Yes .. . .I think!