I feel compelled to share this story. We are recyclers of everything we can recycle. Most often we take our stuff to the recycle center. However, my husband goes one further. He has a colony of red worms that consume all of our vegetable and fruit peels etc (no meat scraps because of the smell). They also eat worn out cotton clothing like worn out tee shirts, paper towels, napkins, etc (anything of natural content). Then he uses the soil in the garden. He has given colonies of worms to other organic gardeners to do the same. Works for him.