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Are Paper Coffee Filters 100% Paper (Wood Pulp) Fiber?: +a
[td][/td] [td]GREAT Article, IMO and lots of nice detail, and so my question feels sort of nit-picky, however you never know who else might want to know. I do vermicomposting, and want to know if my standard, Walmart, cheap, "basket" style coffee filters are 100% paper, or if there are some synthetic fibers in the filter that might not degrade/decompose. I seem to remember a compost pile years ago that I ran, and the coffee filters seemed to never degrade, so I'm hesitant to put them in with the worms. Maybe they will never decompose, or will off-gas during their degrade and harm the worms, and poison the compost? Be nice to be able to just read this Article and get the answer fast and easy, is the point. Improve the Article, etc...[[Special:Contributions/72.180.111.79|72.180.111.79]] ([[User talk:72.180.111.79|talk]]) 00:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]GREAT Article, IMO and lots of nice detail, and so my question feels sort of nit-picky, however you never know who else might want to know. I do vermicomposting, and want to know if my standard, Walmart, cheap, "basket" style coffee filters are 100% paper, or if there are some synthetic fibers in the filter that might not degrade/decompose. I seem to remember a compost pile years ago that I ran, and the coffee filters seemed to never degrade, so I'm hesitant to put them in with the worms. Maybe they will never decompose, or will off-gas during their degrade and harm the worms, and poison the compost? Be nice to be able to just read this Article and get the answer fast and easy, is the point. Improve the Article, etc...[[Special:Contributions/72.180.111.79|72.180.111.79]] ([[User talk:72.180.111.79|talk]]) 00:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]: Most unbleached paper coffee filters are fully compostable, but you should shred the paper into pieces to speed up the process.[/td] [td]: I have never seen them personally, but reportedly some odd "paper" filter types feature integrated plastic frames or have coatings, which would obviously make them unsuitable for composting.[/td] [td]: I have long switched to Karlsbad-style permanent porcelain filters to further improve the taste and avoid the waste.[/td] [td]: --[[User:Matthiaspaul|Matthiaspaul]] ([[User talk:Matthiaspaul|talk]]) 08:09, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
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[/td][td][/td] [td]GREAT Article, IMO and lots of nice detail, and so my question feels sort of nit-picky, however you never know who else might want to know. I do vermicomposting, and want to know if my standard, Walmart, cheap, "basket" style coffee filters are 100% paper, or if there are some synthetic fibers in the filter that might not degrade/decompose. I seem to remember a compost pile years ago that I ran, and the coffee filters seemed to never degrade, so I'm hesitant to put them in with the worms. Maybe they will never decompose, or will off-gas during their degrade and harm the worms, and poison the compost? Be nice to be able to just read this Article and get the answer fast and easy, is the point. Improve the Article, etc...[[Special:Contributions/72.180.111.79|72.180.111.79]] ([[User talk:72.180.111.79|talk]]) 00:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]GREAT Article, IMO and lots of nice detail, and so my question feels sort of nit-picky, however you never know who else might want to know. I do vermicomposting, and want to know if my standard, Walmart, cheap, "basket" style coffee filters are 100% paper, or if there are some synthetic fibers in the filter that might not degrade/decompose. I seem to remember a compost pile years ago that I ran, and the coffee filters seemed to never degrade, so I'm hesitant to put them in with the worms. Maybe they will never decompose, or will off-gas during their degrade and harm the worms, and poison the compost? Be nice to be able to just read this Article and get the answer fast and easy, is the point. Improve the Article, etc...[[Special:Contributions/72.180.111.79|72.180.111.79]] ([[User talk:72.180.111.79|talk]]) 00:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]: Most unbleached paper coffee filters are fully compostable, but you should shred the paper into pieces to speed up the process.[/td] [td]: I have never seen them personally, but reportedly some odd "paper" filter types feature integrated plastic frames or have coatings, which would obviously make them unsuitable for composting.[/td] [td]: I have long switched to Karlsbad-style permanent porcelain filters to further improve the taste and avoid the waste.[/td] [td]: --[[User:Matthiaspaul|Matthiaspaul]] ([[User talk:Matthiaspaul|talk]]) 08:09, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
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