Why shouldn't I compost meat?

Answer 1

1. Meat and bones attract dogs, coyotes, rodents, and other animals that you probably don't want in your yard.
2. Meat stinks. As meat and bones decay, they let off an awful smell that you may not be ready to tolerate. This smell can carry far beyond your yard into those of your neighbors and trigger complaints to the local municipality about you and your odors.
3. Fats and oils generally do not compost well, because the oil and fat act as preservatives. The fat in cooked meat is one type that does not break down well.
4. Many worms, including red wigglers, which are great for composting, will not touch the meat and may be driven away.
5. Meat may not be completely broken down and you end up with compost with chunks of meat inside of it because of this. This material cannot be taken up by plant roots.
6. Bacteria can form on meat, especially raw meat, which can contaminate the entire compost pile.

There are so many better materials to compost than meat, including leaves, vegetable and fruit scraps, grass clippings, paper, and straw among others.

Answer 2

That they attract foraging wildlife that can dig them up is a reason why bones and dairy and meat products do not belong in a compost pit. But it actually may be possible to incorporate bones and meat into a compost bin whose bottoms and sides are wildlife-resistant and whose lid closes securely as long as the recyclables in question are cleaned, cut into small pieces, and -- to hide the smell -- located in the middle of a layer and under at least 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) of other compostables.

Answer 3

As meat rots differently to vegetation and that rotting meat causes infection that would be passed on through the compost.

Answer 4

It will hurt the worn and it will die