Shredded Paper

DaDa

I have many black bags full of shredded paper. Finally got around to tackling all the old files and bills from years gone by.

Can I put them into my recycle bin or would that mess the bin up? I'm assuming contents are finally hand sorted.

If the recycle bin is not the place... where can I bring them?

CJhaughey

Compost them.
good compost needs 60-40 dry carbon to green stuff to be good.
Paper is perfect

Alun

DaDa wrote:

I have many black bags full of shredded paper. Finally got around to tackling all the old files and bills from years gone by.

Can I put them into my recycle bin or would that mess the bin up? I'm assuming contents are finally hand sorted.

I don't know where you're based, but here in Wicklow, our waste is handled by Greenstar. We have a green recycling bin that we can put pretty much everything in including paper.

I emailed Greenstar to ask them what to do with shredded paper, suggesting that I put it into a plastic bin bag to stop it getting muddled up with all the other stuff, and they told me quite categorically to just put it in as it is, no bag! Seems strange to me, but there you go. They do have a big sorting shed were they manually sort all this stuff as it arrives (I can see it across the N11 from my house!) but I'd have thought it easier for them to just put it in a clear plastic bin bag (so they could see what it is) and just rip it open and discard (or preferably recycle!) the bag.

I do use some of it in my wormery, but there's too much for that.

DaDa

Called the company we use and same story... into the recycle bin. Very handy.

I guess that if you used a bag it would get ripped up before arriving at sorting.

I'll also use some of it for composting... good tip.

Thanks!