For me the problem is that I want to use it but I have to have proof first
before I can use it as a certified grower that it is safe for the soil.
I want to use newspaper-paper only and as far as I know Clorine bleaching
is not been used anymore in the Netherlands. The only worry is (color)ink.
I still have to phone the newspaper to ask the question but I need a
2nd info-source as I can expect some selective silence when I ask them how
safe the ink is.
> SUSAN SAXTON
> >
> > On the "compost list" they say you can, that
> > most inks are soy based now.
> I have checked with a group into recyclying and they say that most inks
> are now veggy based so both news print and office paper is compostable.
> I have asked the places that I deal to check and it is apparently so for
> most canadian stuff but at that time they were unable to assure me the
> American companies were using veggy inks. I have ben composting all. I
> was worried about the bleaches used but was told that there would be
> next to no " bleach leaching" into my compost.
Frits v/d Laan
Biologische boomkwekerij/
Organic horticulture
Gouda - Netherlands
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/F.vd.Laan/
f.vd.laan@inter.nl.net
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