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Compost pencil shavings?

17 years ago

Can you compost pencil shavings? or would the lead be a no-no?

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Lloyd
17 years ago
Q1) Sure.

Q2) There is no lead in pencils.

Lloyd

Here is a link that might be useful: PENCILS & PENCIL LEAD
homertherat
17 years ago
It's actually graphite, if I remember correctly. Non toxic and whatnot. I don't see the harm in adding the shavings, it's just wood :)
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jonas302
17 years ago
Yep unless you add hundreds of pounds they will be just fine
I though of lead at first but then thinking how we let kids play with them remembered it was graphite
kikifoow
17 years ago
Lead Pencils, as stated above, are graphite. Graphite is carbon in a specific atomic structure. Won't do anything to hurt and the wood shavings won't do anything either to hurt the pile.

PS. They got called LEAD pencils because the color of writing looked like the metal lead, that's all.
rockguy
17 years ago
Pencils ARE made of cedar tho. But I don't think a few shavings will hurt a pile.

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