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Dairy Products. Milk, yogurt, butter, cream and sour cream are all bad choices for a compost pile. As these ingredients start to rot, the compost will emit an increasingly foul odor. Dairy products also attract pests like rodents and flies. Do not add bones, meat, animal fat, whole eggs or other animal waste in the compost pile.
Additionally, coffee grounds, though a good source of nitrogen, are acidic, and excess acid prevents the compost heap from heating up enough to decompose. She recommends that grounds make up no more than 15 to 20% of the total compost volume. Because they are acidic, coffee grounds make good acid mulch.