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Can I put salt in the compost?

Asked by occ (4176points) February 8th, 2010

I have a bag full of a few pounds of dry sea salt, which I used for curing black olives. The olives are done and I’m finished with the salt. I live in San Francisco, where we’re lucky enough to have curb-side compost pick up, so we don’t put food waste in the garbage. But wouldn’t it be bad for the compost/soil to add such an excessive amount of salt? Is it better to throw this in the garbage? Or will it not ruin the compost since the city is composting on such a massive scale?

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