Compost away. The heat/action of composting plus the microbiotic critters will take care of things for you.
I compost everything except for plastics and steel.
Disagree. Fungus spores are tough little bastards.
Same as weed seeds, I would not count on the temps during composting to be hot enough to kill anything. Course I mix, stir, and use the finished product without benefit of thermometers etc.
Because I do not know what has been composted I will not get the (I think still free) compost from the city landfill either.
Golly, if not enough heat is generated, the pathogens will not be destroyed. Very few people compost properly including me. I recommend pulling and burning this year’s residue. I don’t compost anything from my gardens whether it be from the veggie patch or the flower beds. I also make sure I rotate crops in order to avoid carry-over from the last year. Tobacco mosaic, verticillium wilt, early blight, anthracnose all easily winter over in the soil. Best practice is to rotate and burn residue. sd