What kinds of things can be sent to that compost pile you’re excited to start? To get the ball rolling, here are a dozen things that you can either safely divert from the landfill into your backyard composting efforts or send off to a communal pile elsewhere. From the kitchen \- Fruit scraps (think apple cores, orange and banana peels, melon rinds and strawberry tops) \- Vegetable trimmings (such as avocado skins, pepper cores and stems, Brussels sprouts trimmings and eggplant peels) \- Tea bags (no nylon bags) \- Coffee grounds and filters \- Eggshells (but just the shells) From the yard and …