plastic bags for dog poo-how can we eliminate this? - Page 2

[jtbuko]

Originally Posted by JamSamMom

So I am stuck getting plastic grocery bags instead of using my own cloth bags for now. .

No need to stop using cloth if you don't want to.

We still have a ways to go towards green, but for now we use other people's plastic grocery store bags for dog poo needs. We used to get them from our library's leave a bag. take a bag basket, but you can also get from a friend or neighbor, from freecycle, or even from the plastic recycle bins at the store (might get some weird looks though).

Our next step is probably pay for biodegradable bags, but that's not an option quite yet...

I love all the other ideas though, good food for thought.

[beatrixmum]

I just called my dad who is a wastewater superhero and he said he would be very surprised at any negative effects on effluent from dog poop. However, he was unaware of the negative effects of cat poop we hear so much about here in CA with the sea otters and such. He is in the midwest.

We live in the city and so pick up pounds of Newfie poop everyday using biodegradable poop bags.

Here is an article from the NRDC about these issues that seconds what my dad said about flushing http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/08...FScvagodGRC67g Yea, Dad!

[utopia760]

just get a pooper scooper and put the poo in a bucket then flush it

[jenP]

That doggy dooley thing sounds great!
But if you wanted to use plastic bags, you could just use ones that other stuff came in, and not have to get any plastic grocery bags at all. We use all cloth shopping bags, but still in my trash I see plastic bags from: bagels, pita bread, rolls, marshmallows, frozen vegetables, frozen fruit, underpants, birdseed, cereal, undershirts, toilet paper (well that's not exactly a bag but you could still pick up poo and tie off the package), apples, celery, carrots.

Jen

[freeflykami]

This was a while ago, so I am not sure if this is bad or not. But our dog had a problem with eating our cats poo. The vet said to put meat tenderizer on the cat's food, that it will make the cat poo taste bad. It worked for us.

My mom has 2 goldens that ate each others poo and their vet said to put yougart on their food, and that did it for them...

I'm guessing the yougrat is probably safer.

[csrabine]

You could try biodegradable bags for dog-poo instead of plastic bags?

BioBags - Dog Waste Bags

(That vendor also sells the Doggie Dooley and the associated enzyme digester.)