Plastic sandwich bags were a great discovery to pick up doggy poop, or so we thought. Such a simple solution. But I’m thinking maybe this isn’t a very green solution. So my question is, does anyone know of a good alternative to this? We don’t read newspapers, so don’t have that as an alternative. And we’re talking about handling something messy, so I’m hoping the solution isn’t a scoop and a pail…

Linda Green Pet Expert

EXPERT ANSWER: A very good question and I so hate seeing doggy gifts when I go for a walk so I’m glad you are being such a responsible pet owner.

Here is a ‘green’ idea for cleaning up after your pet when you go for a walk:
1.  Buy a newspaper (you don’t have to read it – and you can even retrieve some from someone else’s recycle bin or trash) and some brown lunch bags.  Cut the newspaper pages into half or quarters and fold and insert two each into each bag.  Leave them in a convenient place for your walk.

Use as needed on your walk.  The bags, newspaper and your dog’s contribution will all decompose nicely in the landfill or you can even put it into your compost bin.

2. Another solution I’ve resorted to is to use a big leaf to pick up and a local trash can or clump of bushes to deposit in.

LINDA

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