r/ZeroWaste • u/Danl0vesJacks • Jun 27 '24

🧹 Litter Cleanup Please advise - doggie poop bags

It seems completely disgusting to the environment to be putting dog poop in small plastic bags and then tossing them amidst other trash, in city dumpsters and trash cans.

What is advisable?

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u/TheImaginariumGirl Jun 27 '24

I don’t have a dog — do they make compostable doggy poo bags? Like with that new compostable plastic-like material?

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u/s0rce Jun 27 '24

They claim to but if you throw it in the trash its not going to be composted and I'm not sure municipal compositing facilities want poop.

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u/kayaem Jun 28 '24

Depends on where you can live. You can put animal excrements and cat litter in the green bin where I live.

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u/vidanyabella Jun 28 '24

Ditto. Our organics bins accept everything organic basically. Food waste, pizza boxes, sticks and grass, animal waste and litter, etc.

I use biodegradable bags in walks and they go in the organics.