Forgot to mention, with kitchen scraps don't use any meats, they take to long to break down and can be the stinkiest thing going. it do work in extremely hot compost piles if shreaded or liquified, but thats a load of work for what benifit it does and the smelly drawback. Best is fruit bits, bannana peels are great, coffee grounds, egg shells also great ,crunch em up a bit first, takes forever for a half a shell to break down and let out its nutrients. always put in your left over salad fixins.. One thing shreaded paper also does is absorb the stinky waste byproducts and lessens the smells emiting from your pile. for slow process piles, IF you have newspaper and are just not prone to take time to shread it, still add it as a layer just one open sheet, it will eventually break down. If your doing maintained quick use 2-3 week composting turners etc, it won't be of much use as a whole sheet, it'll just be a tattered ragged dirty mess.
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