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Undesirable compost ingredients:

Obviously, no metal, stone, glass, rubber, or plastic—unless you're willing to wait eons. No dog or cat or human manure. No animal fat or oil. No meat, no fish. And better not to include things with thorns; the thorns persist even when the branch they're attached to has broken down.

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