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i think i'll stick with reusing grocery bags, rather then carry something with the word "shit" on it. classy.

I thought you were being unreasonable, Jaime5--it all seemed like silly fun! Then I noticed that one of the bags says "scratch & sniff." And now I feel a little weak in the stomach, too.

I'll continue to reuse newspaper bags. (Small dog, small poo!)

If I did the conversion correctly, the dog poo bags (the first pic) are 12,90 euros for 16 bags which equals $18.68 US. Man, those are some pricey little bags.

I think I'll be sticking with the nice little rolls of 50 black poo bags that I get at Ikea for $2.

I correct myself, the poo bags at ikea are $1.49 for 50: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40109423

I use Scoopies: http://www.scoopies.com/. They are 100% Biodegradable. They are nice cause they are formed as a mitt, so you can scoop up easily. You can get them on Ebay for around $3.50 plus shipping for 30.

i'm surprised that a lot of people seem to be using plastic bags and are against the biodegradable ones...aren't we trying to be done with plastic now?

i ususally skip plastic bags altogether and use newspaper. particularly the sheets from store circulars. for my small dog the size is right. i can wrap it around in a little bundle very easily.

The bio bags are excellent, and I've found them for $3 for 50. Worth it for sure.

i use the biodegradable kind, the bright blue brand. I like that they signal to the neighboors "i am not the one leaving dog poo on your yard, see? bags!"

The simple bio green bags they sell at Petco are the way to go. You can attach them to the leash no problemo.

You get 5 rolls for $9. Must be nice to waste money of poo bags.

so you buy biodegradable bags that have been made somewhere (possibly quite far away, in china maybe?) and shipped to somewhere nearby (a distributor) and then shipped to you or your local pet supply store. after you remove them from their (possibly) not biodegradable packaging, you head out for your walk or to the nearest dog park.

then you use them and drop the "package" into the nearest trashcan which is probably not lined with a biodegradable trash bag. in a better scenario you find a dumpster, traditionally sans liner altogether.

how is this any better than reusing a plastic grocery bag, a used produce bag or a newspaper bag?

Sandwich bags for me.

for cat litter, i use brown paper lunch bags. i get them at target. they are the perfect size and quite cheap. they go in the trash bin, of course, which means that whether they are biodegradable or not is a moot point but at least i'm not consuming more plastic products.

i use these for my kitchen compost scraps as well and throw them in the compost bin. the corn based bio bags for composting (which i was using before) are so overpriced and don't hold up too well to moisture and such.

Wait, if you put the bag o' shit in a container that already has a plastic bag in it (e.g. the bin on the corner that the city provides), what difference does it make if it biodegrades or not? Are people supposed to leave their poop bags out in the open to degrade (ew!)?

Am I missing something?

We carry the Biobags in my store, and people love them! The tall kitchen bags are great as well.

The Green Life
2409 Main St
Santa Monica, CA 90405
www.thegreenlifeco.com
(310) 392-4702

there is a LOT of thought here going into pet poop.

imagine what we could accomplish if we were discussing building ECO friendly low cost homes for the homeless families in America...

Or we can talk about poop.

I flush my dog's poop down the toilet with a flushable dog poop bag.

http://www.flushdoggy.com