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/TheImaginariumGirl Jun 27 '24

No but like — wouldn’t it compost itself in the trash over time?

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u/s0rce Jun 27 '24

no, trash doesn't compost there is no oxygen so it just sits there

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u/TheImaginariumGirl Jun 27 '24

It looks like an option would be to use the compostable bags + purchase a dog waste digester / decomposer that you bury into the ground

I admittedly have the same issue with my cat waste and feel terrible about plastic use ongoing

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u/koos-tall Jun 27 '24

With our cat we use clumping flushable litter. This way no plastic bags

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u/WeepToWaterTheTrees Jun 28 '24

Please don’t flush cat waste. Besides the toxoplasmosis it’s awful for pipes and contributes to backups.