@davidr
I mix cereal and bread scraps with bacon grease all the time. We feed the crows chicken bones, any meat scraps, fish, fat, french fries and they love it. Crows won't eat stuff like asparagus, broccoli, celery, etc. Those things we compost. The only things that go in the garbage are non-recyclable plastic and packaging, medicine bottles and so forth. Coffee filters and coffee grounds both compost very nicely. We produce very little garbage for the garbage trucks. 8^)