hello i'm kimberly with fun for you in-home pet care
and today we're going to talk about fun facts about pet waste
the average dog in the united states produces about three quarters of a pound of poop
a day that's 274 ish pounds of poop a year and you multiply that by however many dogs
there are in this country on any given day and you've got a whole bunch of pet waste
being produced daily that has to go somewhere so today we're going to talk about different ways to
dispose of our pet waste because we all love our pets and we're not going to get rid of our pets so
we've got to figure out a better way to manage the waste let's talk about the plastic bag how many of
you use the plastic bag you put your vegetables in when you buy them at the grocery store
how many of you use the plastic bag that your newspaper comes in every day oh that's a great
poop bag i'll use that how many of you use some other sort of plastic that doesn't have an astm d
number on it that is a compostable plastic made by some vegetable based product the kinds of plastic
that are good for the not necessarily good for the landfill but better for the landfill and
that are compostable then you've got the scooper method we're going to go out to the yard we'll be
scooping some poop oh we've got this cool little handy metal thing that we have the rake in one
hand and the scooper in the other hand and then we carry that to the bin where our yard waste is
at and the grass clippings and we just dump it in there some people actually keep a trash can
out there with a plastic bag in it we dump it in there but is that really the best way to do it
how about paper bags compostable paper bags have been a solution that we've been using with our
cat care industry for probably about the last two years instead of plastic bags for cat litter we're
going to put the cat litter waste in a paper bag which is compostable and unfortunately does go to
the landfill but it does finally disintegrate down into organic matter you cannot ever ever
ever flush cat litter and the waste that's in the cat litter in your septic system or in your toilet
you cannot do that it's illegal it clogs up the sewer systems i'll even put a sign on my toilet
it says do not flush the cat litter and then let's talk about another cool way to get rid of
dog waste since we're already out in the yard monitoring what's going on hey why don't i just
scoop it up right here right now and i'm just gonna take it to the toilet and flush it with
the other stuff that our humans do in the toilet it's perfect that's what the toilet's designed for
so why aren't we doing that with our pet waste as long as it's clean and it's not all a bunch
of rocks and dirt in it totally totally acceptable check with your sanitation department make sure
it's okay to flush your dog's waste and if they give you the green light then by all
means there you go that is the most sustainable smartest way to reduce the impact on the landfill
and to reduce the impact just of bags of plastic laying around everywhere there's some
great articles out now about how to be better and more sensible environmentally sensitive
and looking at dogster magazine or some of the other great resources out there tons
of ideas on how to get rid of dog waste and pet waste in a smarter more sustainable way
i'm kimberly with fun for you in-home pet care i'm here to educate inspire and engage
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