I generally don’t, because the inks used in this kind of printing are not particularly nice.
The only cardboard I add is unprinted, or things like the kind of egg cartons with only 1 ink used on it, as it’s a different kind of ink, and less intense.
sunshineupyours1
Nah, I would put this in recycling. Not a lot of material, quite a bit of ink, compressed layers that will take longer to breakdown than fluffier/thinner stuff.
theasian231
Technically, yes, but it will take significantly longer than average cardboard and will introduce a lot of chemicals from ink and coatings.
HoneyBee1393
In general I never use compost because inkt and sometimes there is also a tiny layer of plastic for better reservation and so on (for. Eq. The paper cups for coffee has a lot of plastic – paper is not resistant to water…)
Peanut_trees
I doubt even its content is compostable 🤣.
MightyKittenEmpire2
Yes, I compost this kind of thing weekly. It’s gone in a year in an unturned large pile, 10x10x5.
curtludwig
Yes. Anything around food has to be safe, kids will chew on the box. I shred all our food boxes and put them in the compost.
crooks4hire
I compost mine.
Anything that doesn’t make it to the compost pile becomes matting for next year’s garden (which consequently turns into compost because I shred it and till it into the garden at the end of the season).
pulse_of_the_machine
No, only compost plain, brown, corrugated type cardboard. The thin, shiny, printed type has all kinds of chemicals, heavy metals in the dyes, adhesives, and even plastics.
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I generally don’t, because the inks used in this kind of printing are not particularly nice.
The only cardboard I add is unprinted, or things like the kind of egg cartons with only 1 ink used on it, as it’s a different kind of ink, and less intense.
Nah, I would put this in recycling. Not a lot of material, quite a bit of ink, compressed layers that will take longer to breakdown than fluffier/thinner stuff.
Technically, yes, but it will take significantly longer than average cardboard and will introduce a lot of chemicals from ink and coatings.
In general I never use compost because inkt and sometimes there is also a tiny layer of plastic for better reservation and so on (for. Eq. The paper cups for coffee has a lot of plastic – paper is not resistant to water…)
I doubt even its content is compostable 🤣.
Yes, I compost this kind of thing weekly. It’s gone in a year in an unturned large pile, 10x10x5.
Yes. Anything around food has to be safe, kids will chew on the box. I shred all our food boxes and put them in the compost.
I compost mine.
Anything that doesn’t make it to the compost pile becomes matting for next year’s garden (which consequently turns into compost because I shred it and till it into the garden at the end of the season).
No, only compost plain, brown, corrugated type cardboard. The thin, shiny, printed type has all kinds of chemicals, heavy metals in the dyes, adhesives, and even plastics.