for those with cats...

huddlstn

When cleaning out the litter box, what do you use for bags and litter?  Right now we use Yesterday's News for litter and when we clean it out, we scoop into either biodegradable produce bags, other plastic bags we can't recycle (from the newspaper or other food items), or sometimes into small paper bags if we have any.  I'm just wondering if there is maybe a better option, or is this the best we can do?

Ms.MKBT

That's what we have been doing too, so I am curious to see other responses!

CDMay2006

We empty it into the kitchen trash before taking that out.  It's less messy and fills in the spaces in the bag, eliminating the need for a second bag.  It means we drag the kitchen trash into the bathroom, but it's less messy than trying to hold open a bag to empty the box into.  (This is for changing the box; we flush the poo in the toilet, as that's what's recommended here.)

Alisha_A

I use the ziplock bags my dry cat food comes in because it keeps in the odor and stores a lot, and the bags aren't really reuseable in another way.

InMyLife27

We were having the same troubles, and we started using World's Best (the one made of corn - clumping, biodegradable and flushable) for a few months, and this seems to be a good one. HTH!

SuperGreen

We do the litterbox when our small kitchen trash can is almost full, carry the kitchen trash can to the litterbox and use that, then toss the full bag into the outdoor trash can or the street if it's pickup day.  We can't leave the cat poop sitting in the kitchen trash can because we keep the can in the pantry, which is full of loose food like onions, potatoes, squash and whatnot.  Plus it stinks up our tiny pantry.  We only have 1 cat (not much waste) and since we switched to the Arm & Hammer natural litter (it's corn I think) there's no smell.  We often ask each other, "how long has it been since you did the litterbox?" since we can't smell when it needs to be done.

Lil Miss Greenie

We end up using the plastic bags the newspaper and bread come in. Nothing is going to break down in the land fill anyway so I can't bring myself to use biodegradable bags for it.

EmmieB

We use Swheat Scoop for our litter and husband dumps it straight into the kitchen trash.

It says on the bag that you can flush the clumps, but you have to let them sit for 20 minutes in the toilet and dissolve. You could also flush the poop, but we have multiple cats who seems to poop an extraordinary amount. And pipes from the 50s. 

So to avoid cloggage, we just dump directly to the kitchen trash.

Lil Miss Greenie

An aside about flushing cat litter for anyone who's unfamiliar with this: please check with your water treatment facility to ensure they can eliminate the toxoplasma gondii parasite if you plan to flush. It is very harmful and can be deadly to marine life (dolphins, otters, etc) and is also the same reason why pregnant ladies shouldn't come into contact with cat litter.