In this video, I show you how to compost shredded paper to make rich, fertile, plant food and soil improver. Why waste paper or place it in the recycle bin when you can turn it into beautiful compost ...

You've spent a weekend shredding old bills and school papers, and now you don't know what to do with the resulting bags and bags of shredded paper in your house. Here's the good news: You can reuse at ...

Q. Can you tell me if the paper from my paper shredder can be used as mulch? Seems to me it is actually the same basic material as the ground-up tree trimmings I see being used. -- M.B., Houston A.

Dear Neil: I have access to a lot of shredded paper. We normally send it to recycling, but I've wondered if I could use it in the compost? A: I send ours to recycling. It is organic matter, so, yes it ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only ...

David Watling, Yellowknife’s waste management planner, in front of the giant shredder, the Rotochopper MP2, at Yellowknife's Solid Waste Facility on Friday. (Submitted by David Watling - image credit) ...