Composting tips

 

Following these tips, our Nibble & Thrive compostable packaging, along with other brands of certified home compostables, completely decomposed in our home compost bin after about 7 weeks.

Green and white label saying COMPOSTABLE with a logo, stating Materials meet ASTM D6400 standards. Please compost, where accepted. Offers a link for more info: CompostStewardship.org/HowtoCompost.

Cut up compostable materials into smaller pieces to speed up decomposition, including kitchen scraps and our compostable packaging.

  1. Maintain a healthy compost pile.
    1. How to make compost at home.
    2. We also recommend amending your compost pile with organic compost starter. Check with your local garden center, or search online. We've used the following:
      1. Espoma Organic Bacterial Compost Bin Compost Starter
      2. Jobe's Organics Compost Starter
  2. Based on our experience with composting over several years, we recommend limiting compostable packaging volume to no more than 5% of your compost pile. We'll update this page when we find more scientific evidence around still-nascent home compostable packaging.