Along with your usual leftover vegetable and fruit scraps, anything plant based can be added to compost, including:
Used Paper Napkins Newspaper Paper Egg Cartons Pencil Shavings Old Clothing, cut up
Stale Breads Toothpicks Facial Tissues Bills and other documents Sticky notes
Crumbs off counters and floors Old Jelly and Jam Paddlepop sticks Paper Bags Flowers
Composting is living system with many bacteria, fungi and other critters. Compost needs to be aerated every 10 to 15 days to help ensure that the carbon: oxygen balance is right. Your compost needs a balance between wet and dry substances so the great thing about adding some of the items here is that you are adding dry matter to your food scraps.
While stale bread or crusts can happily go into your compost, think about eating it instead! Stale bread makes excellent breadcrumbs. Just freeze it until you need it and then toss it in your food processor or blender. See Your Compost Bin to get more information on what you can put in your compost bin.>