bread

[Vics128]

Can I put bread in my compost?!

[lady_p_gold]

I don't see why not, as you can put food waste in compost and that is food waste.

[Vics128]

But you cant put cooked food in, and bread is cooked...

[shaneystar2]

You should only put raw stuff in .eg veg peelings ,apple cores,banana skins and so on.Nothing cooked. The bread will go mouldy and the spores will affect the compost and it will get mildew.
http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environ ment/composting/

[Vics128]

Thanks for that!!!

[nickmo]

http://www.compostguide.com might help with other stuff.

[hammerman]

More chance of attracting rats too !!!

[missing~link]

Question 251424.html answerbank H&G 23/6/06

For all those unaware of the green cone and green joanna

look on this posting - it will enlighten you as to what you should and can put in there, as apposed to ordinary bins.

For 'search the site' type in Green Cone (posted by doug)
19.37hrs

[lady_p_gold]

In our district in the green wheelie bins that are for composting you can put cooked food waste ....

[lady_p_gold]

I think that is where I was making a mistake, there is a difference between what is in your own garden as opposed to what the Council take as theirs is taken to somewhere where they heat it to a high temperature. Sorry for confusion.

[missing~link]

lady_p_gold

The green cone and green johanna take cooked food also, in fact every food stuff, gravy soup Everything.

The only difference the cone does not use garden waste and the remains liquify and go through the soil. The johanna can be used as normal compost. Neither are collected by the council though, but kept in your garden, to help keep waste going to the land fill sites.

[n00dles]

I posted the answer to that question a while ago, as I have a green johanna which I installed last year.