Those little bits of paper, like kleenex, envelopes and plain wrappers, now go into a brown paper bag that lines a waste paper basket. The paper bag eventually gets thrown into my Weber kettle BBQ. After a pleasant fire, the cold ashes go itno the new garden bed that is composting over winter. I like the idea of putting "good"ash into the garden instead of a landfill.
Can I compost ashes?
It depends. Untreated wood or paper ashes are OK. They won't help your composting but they won't hurt it either. Ashes from barbecues, plywood, treated wood or glossy paper can contain toxic materials that you don't want in your compost.
The Weber is set up securely on rocks so that it burns safely. Its' easy to do in small batches with one match. Burning is not brilliant - but my objective is to rethink and refuse waste, not to be brilliant. The rethinking is to bring paper into the house that is clean enough for burning. Refuse toxic, glossy paper.
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