For fun, I decided to add some wax paper items to my worm composting bin:
I decided to add a Jimmy John’s sandwich wrapper and some little blueberry muffin cake things left over from Thanksgiving I forgot about.
Seriously messed up on that one- my mom makes killer food.
Sorry mom! I’ll let you know if the worms like it (they did, but not the wax paper).
Oh- did you know that the majority of “paper” cups you see contain a plastic liner in them?
If your finished worm castings seem to have bits of shiny plastic in them, and you put a paper cup or two in the worm bin, chances are the remnants are what’s left from the cups.
Vermicomposting is fun, but I always go back to using my regular outdoor compost bin- it’s much easier to maintain and much harder to screw it up.
How did this experiment turn out? I have been wondering if I can add the jimmy johns paper to my compost!
I wouldn’t add the Jimmy John’s paper unless it’s clearly 100% paper with no plastic layer or coating…would be fun to ask them 🙂 I’d suggest avoiding it, but you could always test a piece and see how the worms respond to it.