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Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 0:02
| I've always composted napkins, paper towels, paper egg cartons, pizza boxes, and other uncoated paper that the recycling doesn't take. I'm wondering if waxed paper is safe to compost... |
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I do.
Perhaps it takes longer to break down, though I've never noticed a problem. |
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| I don't see why it would be a problem ... shred it and use a hot pile and it should break down eventually. |
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| Long ago I read of a process to compost wax which involved covering cardboard with the waste wax, grinding the coated cardboard and composting it with other materials. |
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| Calling the chemists out there: are waxes molecularly similar to oils? |
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| That kind of wax is similar to a mineral oil, just a heavier fraction that is solid at room temp. Not the same as vegetable oil. Mineral oil and paraffin wax are hydrocarbons, nothing but C and H, whereas veg. oil (or animal fat for that matter) is hydrocarbon chains with fatty acid (COOH) groups on the ends. Food grade waxes are non-toxic and shouldn't hurt the compost. Very similar to what they spray apples and cukes with too. |
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