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I have lots of scratch paper here and am wondering if I should put it in my vermicompost or just throw it away.

  1. Would it be dangerous for worms?
  2. Will the soil benefit from it?

As for the type of worms that I'm using, I am still looking for the worms that I can buy so for now there's just a little amount of worms that I've randomly found on soil. I am in the Philippines.

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Paper is just cellulose pulp. Woody stems are largely cellulose also. So putting scratch paper in you compost should be okay. Just as it is better to have small pieces of compostables, paper will compost faster if you can shred it or tear it into smaller pieces. But, even if you don't, it will be okay.