Shredded paper is one of the many materials people opt to use as garden mulch, but is it a good idea? Here are the pros and cons you should know about.

In this video, I show you how to compost shredded paper to make rich, fertile, plant food and soil improver. Why waste paper or place it in the recycle bin when you can turn it into beautiful compost ...

If you tend to have novella-sized stacks of paper to shred, invest in the Aurora AU120MA 120-Sheet Auto Feed Micro-Cut Paper Shredder. This high-security shredder offers the best balance of ease ...

However, not all paper products and documents can simply be dropped into the blue bin for recycling. Many must first be shredded as they may contain confidential business, employee, or customer ...

The shredders designed to deal with CDs, DVDs, paper clips, and staples capably shredded those items, too. The four recommended models—one each from Black & Decker and GoEcoLife, and two from ...

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