remember, kids: it's only waste if you're not using it properly.

• leafy green things (or wilted green things)
• hair
• watermelon rinds
• paper napkins, paper towels
• veggie/fruit peels
• leaves
• weeds
• coffee grounds
• tea bags, leaves
• newspaper (it's soy ink, non-toxic!)
• non-glossy ads
• non-corrugated cardboard
• cardboard egg cartons
• toilet paper tubes
• houseplant trimmings
• grape stems
• garden soil
• melted ice cream
• old flowers
• nut shells
• apple cores
• fingernails (and toenails!)
• tofu (why would you want to eat it when you can compost it?)
• banana peels
• pencil shavings
• tickets (the more expensive, the better)
• vacuum cleaner bag contents
• old beer/wine
• snow
• anything organic that rots