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If you've got a garden in your new place, then definitely!
It's recommended to layer what you put in the compost, so things like green clippings, fruit and veg peelings/waste etc as one layer, then things like dead leaves, hay, straw etc for the next - this allows air in. I've also read that you can use paper in that layer. The other method of getting air into the compost heap is to turn it (the microbes that do the breaking down of stuff need air to work)
It's usually not recommended you add meat or bones to the heap - partly because they can be very slow in breaking down, but mostly because they can attract possibly unwanted visitors in the form of rats etc. It's also usually suggested you avoid putting diseased plant material in the heap, as the heat may not be enough to completely kill off all of the disease. Likewise some weeds (bindweed, f'r example).
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