If you have a composting service at work or school, you might have noticed an odd pattern.
They can take as many apple cores and paper towels as you care to give them — but they will not accept meat or dairy.
And if you compost at home, you might avoid adding these things to your pile.
But the problem isn't that it's hard to break these things down.
The problem is that it's easy — too easy.
Composting is a way to convert things like food scraps and yard trimmings into fertilizer, instead of sending those things to landfills.
So it might seem annoying that you can't toss all your leftovers in.
And it turns out you can — if you're careful.
Some of the problems with composting meat are practical.
It can attract pests, and you probably don't want to have to fight off a bunch of rats and raccoons in your own backyard.
