Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share (26 page)

Apple cores, Aquarium plants, Artichoke leaves, Banana peels, Bird cage cleanings, Bone meal, Bread crusts, Brewing wastes, Brown paper bags, Burlap coffee bags, Burned toast, Cardboard cereal boxes (shredded), Chocolate cookies, Citrus rinds, Coconut hull fiber, Coffee grounds, Cooked rice, Crab, shrimp, and lobster shells, Date pits, Dead bugs, Dried-up and faded herbs, Dust bunnies, Egg shells, Elmer’s glue, Expired floral arrangements (sans ribbons), Feathers, Fish bones, Fish meal, Fish scraps, Flower petals, Freezer-burned fish, Freezer-burned fruit, Freezer-burned vegetables, Fruit salad, Grapefruit rinds, Grass clippings, Greeting card envelopes, Grocery receipts, Guinea pig cage cleanings, Houseplant trimmings, Ivory soap scraps, Jell-O (gelatin), Kleenex tissues, Leather wallets, Leather watchbands, Leaves, Lint from clothes dryer, Liquid from canned fruits and vegetables, Macaroni and cheese, Matches (paper or wood), Melted ice cream, Moldy cheese, Most food waste, Nut shells, Old beer, Old leather gardening gloves, Old or outdated seeds, Old pasta, Old spices, Old yogurt, Olive pits, Onion skins, Paper napkins, Paper towels, Peanut shells, Pencil shavings, Pet hair, Pickles, Pie crust, Pine needles, Unpopped popcorn, Post-it notes, Potato peelings, Produce trimmings, Pumpkin seeds, Q-tips (cardboard, not plastic), Sawdust (too much may slow the process), Shredded cardboard, Shredded newspapers (avoid the glossy circulars), Spoiled fruits and vegetables, Stale bread and baked goods, Stale breakfast cereal, Stale potato chips, Tea bags and grounds, Tofu, Weeds, Wool clothing.

 

Animal wastes, Chemically treated wood products, Diseased plants, Fatty foods, Meats, Meat bones, Nonorganic materials, Pernicious weeds, Plastics (unless explicitly labeled as biodegradable).