Composting Old Clothing
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
Our compost bins are full of yard waste and table scraps. In addition to these common items you are also able to compost unusable clothing and fabric as well. If your natural fiber clothes have past their usable life span and you are not able to donate them or use them as rags you can add them to your compost bin. These will break down and mix in with your usable rich compost.
Old clothes will be treated as a carbon source or a “brown” in your compost. To help them break down more quickly it is a good idea to cut them into smaller pieces. Synthetic fibers in the garments including tags, labels and some threads will not break down and need to be removed from the compost. If you place a cotton / Polyester blend into your compost you will find the skeleton of shirt left behind. This is a Polyester in the blend not being able to break down.
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