“Can I Compost This?” Series #1: Juices and Drinks

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I’ve decided to start a new short and sweet series dealing with the question “Can I compost ___?”  So here we go:

“Hey Tyler, can I compost coffee/fruit juices/tea?”

Yep.

All of the above are great candidates.  I’d say I dump more coffee waste than anything, and it’s also the best of the above to add.  High in nitrogen and also friendly due to its ground-up size, it degrades quickly (for the worms, they’re all about the coffee grinds as well.  Juices…not as much.  Tea/tea bags, absolutely).

As for tea, it is preferable to empty the contents out of the teabag…unless the tea markets itself as having a compostable teabag.  Apparently, most are polyester (not the ones I drink!).  There’s an interesting article about that found HERE.

Lastly, juices.  I’d say this is category is related to my “Can I Put Citrus Fruit In My Compost?” video.  Juice is not a problem to add to your compost.

Short and sweet is the name of the game here.  Get composting!

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