Saving shredded paper.

The office where I work shreds a ton of documents on a routine basis. Most of this shredded paper ends up being incinerated. Some of it is picked up by our local animal shelter for bedding. We recently found out that shredded paper was a good medium for growing oyster mushrooms. I brought my wife home a bag which was way more than she needed. Not wanting to throw it out she started researching the uses of shredded paper and found out that it can be used as mulch in the garden. Since the place where we have our spot at the community garden is very weed infested we are now saving all the paper we can get our hands on. I can't wait to see the looks on the faces of our fellow gardeners when we pile paper around our plants.