|On 2007-01-15, Dave Fawthrop wrote: |> On 14 Jan 2007 14:53:29 GMT, Huge wrote: |>
|>|On 2007-01-14, Andrew Gabriel wrote: |>|> In article , |>|> Derek Geldard writes: |>|>> |>|>> Have you seen how much the big commercial ones cost? |>|>> |>|>> In the thousands of pounds some of them. |>|>
|>|> I used to work somewhere where we had 3 of them, depending on |>|> the security of the document being shredded. One of them produced |>|> what looked like cotten wool out the back. My boss used to take |>|> all his paperwork and drop it in that one. On one occasion, I |>|> asked him why, as what he was shredding wasn't in the least bit |>|> sensitive information. "Makes really good bedding for my rabbits |>|> and hampters" was the reply... |>| |>|I put our home shredder output on the compost heap. |>
|> Mixed with soil I hope. | |Tsk. How dare you imply that my compost is anything but wonderful. My wife |thinks it is bloody marvellous stuff. Dark brown, rich, crumbly, sweet |smelling, it's like chocolate cake.
If we put all our waste paper, shredded, in the compost heap, it *would* be a solid lump of damp paper, even with soil or activator.