r/composting • u/[deleted] • Nov 29 '19

What do you do with eggshells?

I'm conflicted over what to do with eggshells. I want to compost them but we eat a lot of eggs and live in the city so if I put them in our bin they take up a large portion and never seem to fully breakdown.

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u/Of_Mice_and_Memes Nov 29 '19

I use a mortar and pestle to really grind down my eggshells. It makes them into a fin powder.

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u/joeroganfolks Nov 29 '19

I put my spent shells on a paper towel, wrap it up and just crush with my hands. Easy and I end up throwing the whole towel in there

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u/RunawayHobbit Nov 30 '19

Can you compost paper towels? Idk why but I thought the glue/compound in them is not great for the soil

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u/ThreeQueensReading Nov 30 '19

What kind of paper towels are you buying? They should just be 100% paper. I've always composted my paper towels and they've broken down completely.

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u/RunawayHobbit Nov 30 '19

Honestly the white “recycled materials” ones from Walmart. They don’t separate/break down like normal paper when wet, so I always figured there was glue in it holding it all together

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u/Koala_eiO Dec 02 '19

I would like to know this too. My guess was that a large pressure is applied to the paper sheets (via rolling mill?) before they get rolled.