Re: Shredded paper was Re: [gardeners] Spring?
John Harman (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:26:11 +1100 (EST)
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Kay Lancaster wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 drusus@golden.net wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever used white bond paper (typing, photocopy, etc) in the
> > garden? We are thinking of buying a papershredder and recycling it into
> > the garden. I've usewd n newsprint for years but I was wondering about
> > this heavier weight stuff and also the bleach (how much is there) in the
> > white paper going into the garden.
>
> Should be fine. No bleach left in it (and quite a bit of the bleaching
> now is being done with hydrogen peroxide instead of chlorine)
>
> Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com
>
>
Doesn't break down as fast as newspaper though.
John