what poop bag do you use

I can't think of the brand right away, but those blue bags sold in spools to go into those little plastic leash things are biodegradeable. At least the ones I buy at Petsmart are. It says it right on the package. I don't use the leash thing, but just buy the spools and tear off each bag like at the grocery store when fruit shopping. I think there are 30 bags per spool, and a 9-pack of spools was like $10-$12.

I also just save up plastic shopping bags while I'm using the blue ones, and use those when the blue ones run out.

In my current neighborhood, the property management has installed "pick up stations" that consist of a dispenser that holds biodegradable pick up bags and a trash can to put them in, both mounted to a lamp post. If I need any extra when we go out hiking and such, I usually just pull them out of the dispenser and put them in my pocket.

The kind they use is the Mutt Mitt - http://www.pickupmitts.com/muttmitt/mm_ipi_products.htm

The company sells to the general public as well. You can get 200 count, 100 count, and 30 count packs from the company. The 200 count is probably the best bang for your buck. It comes to $.15 cents a bag, though.

They currently have a sale on the 100 count ones.

I use the green ones that are long and thin with little ties at the top. They are supposedly biodegradable. I think I got them at sitstay.com or dog.com.

Where do you dispose of the biodegradable bags? I was all excited about them but now I'm thinking that if I just throw them in a regular trash can with a regular trash bag or into the herbie which goes in the regular landfill, that the anaerobic environment means nothing is degrading anyway.

Currently we're using grocery bags. Periodically if I'm watching TV or something I'll grab a big bunch and sit down to check them for holes and then fold them up very small. We keep the folded bags in a drawer by the back door so I can grab a bunch on my way out.

I don't like that I'm taking something so biodegradable and enclosing it in something that last forever, but I really don't want to leave biodegradable bags out anywhere to biodegrade - we walk a lot and produce quite a few.

But I'm all for being more enviro if possible. Not to thread jack, but has anybody come up with a green solution?

Mine go in the trash. Actually I rarely use them. Neither of my dogs will poop on walks and won't poop in a new place unless it's been over 24 hours. The only poop/pee in the yard, which I go around scooping into a bucket and then depositing waaaaaaaaaay in the back into my poop pile where they can't get to.

Oh (*(%$*%$ you just reminded me.....both of our dogs miraculously pooped in a baseball field this weekend. The poop bags....we tied them off and put them in my trunk....they are STILL IN THERE!!!!! aaaaaah

Here is the green solution:

1. Take and old garbage can and drill a dozen or so holes in the side.
2. Cut out the bottom (A keyhole saw works great for this.)
3. Dig a hole in the ground, deep enough for the garbage can.
4. Toss some rocks or gravel in the hole for drainage and position the garbage can so it's a little higher than the soil level.
5. Place the lid on top (you might want to paint it with something like Dog Waste Composter.)
6. When you scoop some poop, put it in the hole and sprinkle in some septic starter (available at hardware stores) and add some water.

According to the http://www.cityfarmer.org web site, "Within 48 hours, the septic tank starter, (which is non-caustic and promotes natural bacterial growth) will have begun its work and you can add more dog doo. You can then begin to add it daily. This waste biodegrades and flows into the subsoil."

Thanks Ruth!!! I have been contemplating going out and buying one of those expensive composte bins just for dog poop, now I have a much cheaper solution!! You are a life saver! Now my husband can quit complaining about the stinky trashcan every week!

Here are pictures: http://homepage.mac.com/cityfarmer/PhotoAlbum22.html

And videos: http://www.cityfarmer.org/petwaste.html

Interesting! Though I wonder how quickly that thing breaks it down. I bet we could fill that up in a week. Oh the joys of having too many dogs!

Still, anything I keep out of the landfill is better than nothing. Thanks for the tip!

Haha, I've done that too. At least you didn't do it in the summer! I walked a bunch of dogs last summer, and one of the rules is that if the client doesn't have an established poop bin, you have to take it with you. OMG, the stench of poop in my trunk in 90-degree weather...I still don't know how the smell managed to go away.

I squeeze two piles into those little dog bags, lol. Because I'm cheap, plus it helps cut down. The ones I use are biodegradeable. I made the mistake of leaving the lid off the poop bin by the door and didn't realize water had gotten in. Come trash day, when I dumped the can into the rest of the trash, it was a half-melted mess. At least I know they work! But I guess it doesn't really matter if they still go into a regular trash bag.