Compost Experiment: Can You Compost Paper Muffin Liners?

Guest Post from compost-lover Cher Mohring
 

I love a yummy lemon poppy seed muffin!

But what about the paper liner?

 

 

Can you compost it?  Let’s see . . .

 

 

First, I put the liner in a plastic mesh bag and buried it in the office worm bin.

 

Five days later...

 

When I check on it 5 days later I found some hungry worms in the bag. And the liner was noticeably smaller. So I reburied it.

 

Then, five more days later...

 

Not as many worms, but a little bit of liner left, so I decided to bury it for a third time.

 

By day 14: no worms, and no liner!

 

The answer to my question . . .YES you can compost paper muffin liners!