[smartie]

Hi I have just brought a compost bin and am wondering if i can compost the dust from my dyson hoover.

thanks for you help

Smartie

[Little Miss Muffet]

i dont because i use shake and vac.but i guess you could do  
i never really thought about it.

[richyrich7]

Yep you can do I do when I remember  :oops:  most of it is dead skin anyway  :shock:

[brucesgirl]

I thought of doing this but was worried about the nylon bits that come up from the carpet  - I do put the fluff from the tumble dryer in when I have been drying towels.

[Trillium]

The nylon bits won't compost but I doubt you'd have so much that it's noticeable. As for the dust, just spread it out thinly, add organic matter, then another thin layer. Otherwise you've got a thick matt that won't break down easily. Been there, done that.  

[tinshed]

I've been doing it for years.  The compost turns out fine.j Mind you, mine's a DC 01.

[Annie]

I fell out with my dyson but the dust got composted ,now I have a cleaner that can cope with dust I cut the bottom off the dust bag and empty that into the compost.

[muckbutno money]

I didn't realise that you could compost the muck out of the vacuum cleaner, today my compost bin has had a lovely great helping of dog hairs and dust, my Labrador sheds that much hair that I honestly don't know how he isn't bald.   I have five dogs - that's a lot of dog hairs! :mrgreen:

[milkman]

Visited the dump the other week and couldn't help noticing a line up of 7 yellow & grey dysons that had all been 'dumped'.  

Can't remember what make of hoover I have off hand, it has a paper bag that goes in the compost when it gets full and it picks up this'n'that off the carpet with a quick whoosh every now and again (generally when we are expecting visitors!)...

[brucesgirl]

Our local appliance man loves Dyson's - he makes loads of money mending them because they are always going wrong!!

[Little Miss Muffet]

i have had my dyson for 6 years and so far hasnt gone wrong once the one before i had for ten years and it still worked when i got rid of it :?

[Annie]

The dyson I had first broke down the first time I used it and regularly after that,after 1 year it couldn`t do more than 20 mins without dying,apparently we were vaccuming the wrong kind of dust(!),official.When the 2 year guarrentee ran out we got a cheaper one that works.

[leeky]

I shove owt in the compost. Except stuff that doesnt compost and cooked grub of course.