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[Elinor Jean <u3288545@anu.edu.au>]

This is not quite the same but I have a friend who swears by shredded 
office paper in his worm farm. The worms love it and it doesn't seem to 
kill them.

At 09:49 6.01.05, you wrote:
> 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.
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