Having personally seen just about everything except glass, metal, and
plastic decompose in a compost pile (and on the biodynamic farm where
I used to apprentice, there were occasionally whole road-kill deer
put in the pile), I can only assume that meat is generally not
recommended for composting because it is the safest recommendation in
a world of novices. If not properly handled, meat in a compost pile
can and will attract all manner of vermin. This is even more
dangerous and offensive in an urban setting. Urban composters are
also more likely to not really know what they're doing and to not be
composting enough at anytime time to generate good temperatures for
fast breakdown. And it's generally the urban compost programs that
prohibit meat scraps in the compost.
Anita
PS. This post may have already been adequately answered, and if so,
I appologize for repeating. I just can't seem to stay on top of all
the Sanet postings!
Anita Graf
313-F Conner Hall
Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7509
(706) 542-1915 phone
(706) 542-0739 fax
agraf@agecon.uga.edu
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