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# Sorry, im bad at bread..
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:06, archived)
# Toast is bread, your drawing is wonderful.
Unusual fact - our council will accept bread in the recycling bin, but no other cooked food, including toast. Why?
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:07, archived)
# what do they recycle the bread into?
is there some sort of special cheapo council bread they sell round your way?
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:09, archived)
# I think it gets composted
along with grass clippings and such.
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:10, archived)
# because
cooked food (including veg) doesn't rot down into lully compost as well as raw stuff
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:13, archived)
# it's probably because toast is likely to be contaminated by butter
or some such nonsense...there was a thing recently where teabags weren't accepted because they may contain milk - which is an animal product - and they can't accept animal products for composting...I think...
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:15, archived)
# what if there's woodlice in your grass clippings?
i know my green waste bin is full of snails
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:25, archived)
# Cooked food attracts rats
All other food can be composted well.
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:18, archived)
# no, it's good bread
just that toats is the default here i suppose
(, Wed 2 May 2007, 18:08, archived)