One question that is often asked on the worm forums is whether you can use shredded office paper as bedding. You can, but…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s take a look at the pros and cons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pros<\/strong>: Shredded office paper is a readily available compostable carbon source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cons:<\/strong> Shredded office paper clumps badly, and the clumps can become a mucky mess in the bin. You need to mix it with another bedding source to avoid the clumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Office paper does not have much nutritional value for microbes, worms or plants, so it makes poor quality castings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shredded office paper does not hold moisture as well as other types of bedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Office paper is bleached. Many people are concerned that bleached office paper may have residual chemicals in it from the bleaching process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the biggest con: laser printer toner is powdered plastic, so using office paper that has been laser printed will put micro plastics into your castings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past, I have used a small amount of shredded office paper in my bedding mix. I figured that recycling it through my worms was better than tossing it in the trash. But, because of the micro plastics in laser printed paper, I have decided to stop using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One question that is often asked on the worm forums is whether you can use shredded office paper as bedding. You can, but… Let’s take a look at the pros and cons. Pros: Shredded office paper is a readily available compostable carbon source. Cons: Shredded office paper clumps badly, and the clumps can become a… Continue reading Shredded Office Paper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottbryce.com\/vermi-adventure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}