insane compost question concerning shredded paper

hi,

is regular paper (not newspaper), shredded, compostable? I mean stuff like paper used for printing stuff with a laser printer. By shredded, I mean it has actually been through a shredder, as opposed to just being torn by hand.

unless ya organic n dont want the ink chemicals  :?

most inks nowadays are soya based inks, that said they still contain the heavy metals needed to keep them on the paper, the last lot of research i saw on this suggests that most will break down during composting(the heavy metals), they also reckon that there is more in the air pollution. I use loads on the heap, but give it a nitrogen top uop with chicken pellets as the breaking down uses more nitrogen. if that makes sense.

I've sucessfully composted loads of shreeded paper from work goes down fine if mixed in properly paper + comfrey leaves and any other greens great