However, even if you don't shred scraps, the worms, Millipedes, snails,
and other plant material-feeding invertebrates in your compost pile will shred them for you by consuming them and breaking them down into smaller pieces.
Harpaphe haydeniana, commonly known as the yellow-spotted millipede, almond-scented millipede or cyanide millipede,
is a species of polydesmidan("flat-backed") millipede found in the moist forests along the Pacific coast of North America, from Southeast Alaska to California.