30 Oct 2009
Cat owners rejoice – how to reuse pet food bags to reduce litter waste
Reduce plastic bag and litter waste by reusing resealable pet food bags
If you’re like me, you hate cleaning the cat’s litter box. On top of that, you probably use your grocery store bags, but now that you’re using reusable grocery store bags, you have fewer of these left and they’re reserved mainly for your garbage can. Am I right?
Here’s a tip i discovered. Nowadays, a lot of dry pet food comes in these resealable zip lock type bags. So, rather than throwing them out, I reuse them for litter waste. One 9lb bag reduces the need for 10 grocery store bags. This bag will last 1-2 weeks and I can clean out the litter box more frequently. This makes my cats happier too.
Smart? I think so. Just another way of implementing the 4 R’s of waste management.
Rethink -> Reduce -> Reuse -> Recycle
Putting the litter in the resealable cat food bag
Not only can you clean the litter out more frequently by using this same bag, there’s also less odor since i can easily store this bag on my balcony.
Clean litter box thanks to reused pet food bag
Great tip.
I got off easy this past year, our African kitties have their own garden. Things are going to change when we move, so I need to start thinking about smart ways to do the litter box routine.
Martin
October 30th, 2009 at 3:56 pmpermalink
I agree, letting the cats out in an enclosed environment is best. But for us in appt’s, this isn’t always possible. I’ll be writing more on eco litter tips shortly.
UrbanGreenGirl
October 31st, 2009 at 2:15 pmpermalink