QUESTION: Is newspaper good for compost?
ANSWER: Newspaper is safe to include in your compost and counts as a “brown” ingredient that adds carbon to your mixture.
However, you need to limit how much you add to a compost pile or bin. Paper products are extremely high in carbon, so they will slow down the composting process significantly if you do not balance things out with enough green materials. So maybe a week’s worth of newspapers in an entire compost pile. More than that and you should recycle instead.