2007-09-30 11:01:44 · 5 answers · asked by Mandi P 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Material to be composted has to be able to rot.
After it rots, it looks just like earth, and is very rich in nutrients to help plants grow well.
check out this link for tips on what to use in your compost:
http://www.howtocompost.org/
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2007-09-30 11:11:14 · answer #1 · answered by Lu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you set the lint out for the birds make sure there are no strings. These strings get twisted around their legs and gets tighter and tighter. All of the lint, that is not synthetic and most of it is not, will decompose in the compost pile.
2007-09-30 19:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by Patricia L 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the lint is from cloth that is made of cotton, rayon, or, bamboo, I think that it can decompse. Wool is basically hair, & not as compostable. Hummingbirds use lint --& fluffy seed dispersal 'stuff'-- to line their nests, when it is available. When it isn't, they have to pull out their own underfeathers to use! (I wouldn't recommend offering synthetic fibers to the birds, though. Very unhealthy. I would toss out the synthetic lint, & offer the natural fibered lint to the hummingbirds--a type of recycling!)
2007-09-30 18:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say no. These materials that don't stay intact with the laundry are probably not bio. My bigger question is Why do you want to know about this?
2007-09-30 18:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by Glenn B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean with kitchen waste? I would not. I save it for the boy scouts they love it for starting camp fires.
2007-09-30 18:06:15 · answer #5 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋