On What to with A Handful of Dog Poo
After we got finished discussing wine, films, Sex and the City, Myanmar and the general state of the weather at our cozy Southport luncheon, we finally got around to chatting about poo.
It started innocently enough, with a conversation about weaning ourselves off of plastic grocery bags. It evolved from the full-fledged bags to finding a replacement for the produce bags, which I had recently found a solution for.
“But then, you know,” Carol asked, “what do you do about picking up the dog poop?” Carol is nothing if not practical. And she has a Black Lab.
Not to worry: when we aren’t slathering butter on a cob, or pumping it into our gas tank, corn apparently has another brilliant use: biodegradable dog poop bags!
NOTE: The instructions on this product say you can toss the pet waste in the compost heap. DON’T!! Pet feces should not be mixed with normal garden compost that may come in contact with food. For a better alternative, check out Sharon Slack’s Pet Waste Composter.
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Hey!! What a great idea!! I’m going to buy some online asap!
Here’s another cool poop related idea. Check out the Doody Dangler @ http://www.doodydangler.com
It carries the bag…so you don’t have to. Neat little contraption. Simple enough and does the job. I likeeeeeee!
How can you go wrong with something called a “doody dangler”? I shall investigate this!
I flush my dog’s poops down the toilet with a flushable dog poop bag. Most eco-friendly way to get rid of poops.
There are flushable dog poop bags. The best answer probably because dog poop can get treated just as your poop is. Throwing dog poops into the trash overcrowds our landfills and pollutes our water system.
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Flushable Dog Poop Bags
A REALLY UNIQUE AND NEW PRODUCT IS THE PARACHUTE DOG WASTE BAG KIT. IT POPS OPEN, SEALS SHUT, CONVERTS INTO A SCOOP IF DESIRED AND THE DOG CARRIES THE USED BAG VIA A LEASH CLIP. DISPOSABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE. DEMO AT http://WWW.PARACHUTEDOG.COM
Thanks for the tip about ecobags for produce. Lately, I’ve been trying to keep all my produce loose in the cart and on the conveyor belt, where feasible (ie not with green beans, LOL)
I first found your blog while I was googling Clorox. I loved your review of the wipes.
I’m boycotting Glad and Clorox now because I don’t think they really care about the environment at all – evidenced by the fact that they still sell a slew of products that are bad for the environment and by the horrid packaging on their “green” products.
Please visit my blog. Your blog has the honour of being the first blog I’ve added to my blogroll.
To Michael: flushing dog poop is NOT the best way to get rid of the poop. If every pet owner did that, it would be disastrous for the sewage facilities because they aren’t prepared to handle the additional material.
My municipality’s food waste collection accepts dog poop and cat litter.
Have you tried Flush Doggy flushable dog poop bags before? It’s so easy to use and no more stinky garbage.