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Composting Dryer Lint: A Simple Carbon Source for Your Pile

Dryer lint = easy brown (carbon) material. Not a nutrient powerhouse, but balances green-heavy piles and adds fiber.

How to Compost Lint

Collect in laundry room container (cut milk jug, hanging bag). Add each lint trap cleaning. When full, spread over pile, moisten, mix with rake/shovel.

Requires balanced greens/browns, soil, moisture for complete decomposition. Lint helps correct green-heavy imbalances.

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