permaculture

[Saor Stetler <saor@ycbtal.net>]

I am considering substituting shredded office paper for straw in my 
chicken coop, which eventually gets  added into the garden compost or 
mulch.  Does anyone have any experience with this or any thoughts about 
it?  Rodale's composting book describes shredded paper as a good carbon 
(brown) source in composting but does not get into much detail about 
different types (newspaper, magazine, white office paper).  Most of my 
paper would be typical recycled white office copy paper.  There is some 
mention by Rodale re heavy metals in the inks found on glossy prints but 
no discussion of chlorine or dioxin issues in other papers.  Any 
thoughts or experiences with this?  Thanks.