personal care & hygiene

Bathroom-adjacent items are quiet search hits — everyone eventually wonders about tissues, cotton swabs, nail clippings, or worse. The composting logic is consistent even when the items feel odd: pure cotton, paper, hair, and keratin break down fine, while anything with plastic (most wipes, many swab stems, nearly all menstrual products and diapers) doesn't, no matter what the marketing implies. Hygiene adds a second filter — items that contact bodily fluids are fine in theory but belong away from food-garden compost in practice. This category sorts the genuinely compostable from the wishful thinking, item by item, including the 'biodegradable' versions that still don't belong in a backyard bin.