Need help with being "green" while cleaning litterboxes

[CathyBogart]

We have a mini garbage can next to the box. It gets emptied once a week. It does have to be opened briefly every day, but I clean two litterboxes into it and I've never had a problem with the smell. More importantly, neither has my FMIL, who has a very sensitive sense of smell.

[columbine]

I use Yesterday's News litter, which really stops odors (unless Smudge drops a major stink bomb, in which case I'll clean the box again) and is both scoopable and light & easy to carry. And it's made out of old newspapers, so it's green too! Apparently its only drawback is that you can only find it in some places and not in others, but my nearest supermarket almost always has it, and frequently has it on sale.

Love, Columbine

[Catty1]

I use Maxx cat litter for indoor cats - 90% dust free. I also felt bad about using the plastic grocery bags...they take 100 years to break down!

Anyway, I went online and looked for BioBags in Canada - and woohoo!
I ordered the doggy ones for litter box cleaning, and kitchen ones for my kitchen garbage. And - they break down completely 40 days after being tossed. If I can find a market for compost, I'll get the indoor composter too - it stays very dry, so no stinky stuff!

My plastic grocery bags can be recycled locally. I am happy!

Oscar and Cole have little concept of the human "green", but I like this.

[columbine]

My city sells EarthMachine backyard composters to residents for cheap - there was one when I got here. I just chuck my apple cores, egg shells, avocado pits, etc. into a basket lined with newspaper, and then just throw the paper in with them (it's compostable too). There's no smell even if it gets furry in the heat, so long as no oils, meat, or bones are included (although if you don't take it out daily, you can definitely get fruit flies, and you don't want stuff getting furry if you're allergic to mold!)

Love, Columbine

[Catty1]

You got that right, Columbine....some furkids ain't cute at all!