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.