Need help with being "green" while cleaning litterboxes

[Karen]

Do you know what happens to your trash? Does it go to a dump, or to an incinerator - make that a "Waste to Energy Reclamation Center" for those determined to be politically correct!

[Freedom]

I know that, for dogs, there are poop scoop bags which are environmentally friendly. I use them for the dog but . . . they are too small for me, emptying so many litter boxes. I need a bag per box! Plus, I need something the scoop will fit in easily. I am not always at my best when I am cleaning the boxes, so trying to aim for a small bag opening would never work.

[jazzcat]

Karen - We have a convenience center with recycling nearby and I take it there. I'm pretty sure the trash goes to a dump/landfill.

[catmandu]

I PUT SOME OUT WITH MY TRASH, THE REST I LEAVE IN A GARBAGE BIN AT THE BUS STOP THAT HAS A GARBAGE BAG INSIDE , AND ITS THE MALLS BAG, AND IT GOES TO A LANDFILL.
I AM SUPRISED HOW MUCH WASTE THERES WITH 10 CATS, I AM ALWAYS RUNNING OUT OF LITTER.

[Jessika]

This may be gross to some, but we re-use an empty tub of kitty litter to dump it all into, since it has a lid we can just pop the lid on. We have about five or six litterboxes to clean out a day so it can add up quick!

[jazzcat]

This may be gross to some, but we re-use an empty tub of kitty litter to dump it all into, since it has a lid we can just pop the lid on. We have about five or six litterboxes to clean out a day so it can add up quick!

Actually that is what I put each plastic shopping bag into when I clean the boxes daily so I guess I just need to bypass the plastic bag and dump right into the litter bucket. I imagine that gets mighty stinky though.

I got you beat on the litterbox number - I have 9 total. I have a large one with a lid in the laundry room, 6 in the "litterbox room" which is a walled of room of the garage the cats have access to through a pet door and 2 in the garage for the 2-3 cats I allow to stay out there for a few hours a day.

[Purr-tender]

I'm glad you brought this up. I recycle everything faithfully and was just thinking about this very subject while I was scooping last night. I use the clumping litter also and have 7 boxes that I clean twice every day. That's 4 Wally World bags a day. I even have a couple of neighbors saving bags for me. Actually, I kind of considered my reuse of the bags as a form of recycling.

Mary

[columbine]

I use these. They're crazy expensive, but I save a little by buying them by the case lot. I have the sort of plumbing that necessitates a lot of my TP landing in the bathroom wastebasket anyway, so I just scoop the litter into there, tie it up, and pop it into the garbage can.

They also come in doggy cleanup size, which are smaller and so cost less per each.

Love, Columbine