Can tissues used during a common cold be composted?

Question

Do the cold germs get killed during composting? Is it different for home composting and composting by councils?

Answer 1

To kill germs something has to be heated to over 70degress for longer than 20 minutes. This couldn't be achieved at home unless you use a hot composting system so council composting is probably the safer option but you'd need to double check with them to be sure.

Elaine