Comments on: Can Dog Poop Be Composted? http://earth911.com/news/2009/10/01/can-dog-poop-be-composted/ Find Recycling Centers and Learn How To Recycle Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bobby http://earth911.com/news/2009/10/01/can-dog-poop-be-composted/comment-page-1/#comment-56106 bobby Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:11:17 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=24848#comment-56106 Dogs eat then they crap! just like anything else.... just train your dog to eat its crap! then.. you do not have to worry about the world ending!!! Dogs eat then they crap! just like anything else…. just train your dog to eat its crap! then.. you do not have to worry about the world ending!!!

]]> By: Jen http://earth911.com/news/2009/10/01/can-dog-poop-be-composted/comment-page-1/#comment-33929 Jen Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:39 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=24848#comment-33929 I compost all of our cat poop and litter using our worm bins. We use corn-based litter, and the worms gobble it up. We don't use the compost from those particular bins for veggies, but it's fine for flowers. I compost all of our cat poop and litter using our worm bins. We use corn-based litter, and the worms gobble it up. We don’t use the compost from those particular bins for veggies, but it’s fine for flowers.

]]> By: boom http://earth911.com/news/2009/10/01/can-dog-poop-be-composted/comment-page-1/#comment-33185 boom Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:54:03 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=24848#comment-33185 we use only lamb & rice dog food so there is less "out"; then break down the out into grass as soon as possible. this helps with fly control and our grass uses the "left overs". what is in their pens is put in dog food bags and sent to the dump. what if anything should we try to change? we use only lamb & rice dog food so there is less “out”; then break down the out into grass as soon as possible. this helps with fly control and our grass uses the “left overs”. what is in their pens is put in dog food bags and sent to the dump. what if anything should we try to change?

]]> By: Ken http://earth911.com/news/2009/10/01/can-dog-poop-be-composted/comment-page-1/#comment-32990 Ken Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:41:17 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=24848#comment-32990 I live near a national lakeshore. They make a point of requiring dog owners to pick up their waste saying that it causes e-coli problems, etc. I have often wondered whether it is worse for the environment to purchase plastic bags (probably shipped from China), place the plastic bags in a trash container to be picked up by a diesel belching truck and put in a landfill. If I am in a relatively remote area I generally just bury my dog's waste about 3 inches. Is that a viable alternative? Is that harmful to the environment? My thinking is that there are thousands of animals out there leaving waste every day, waste from my two dogs is not going to affect that significantly. What about red worms? Is this too big a scale for that? I live near a national lakeshore. They make a point of requiring dog owners to pick up their waste saying that it causes e-coli problems, etc. I have often wondered whether it is worse for the environment to purchase plastic bags (probably shipped from China), place the plastic bags in a trash container to be picked up by a diesel belching truck and put in a landfill. If I am in a relatively remote area I generally just bury my dog’s waste about 3 inches. Is that a viable alternative? Is that harmful to the environment? My thinking is that there are thousands of animals out there leaving waste every day, waste from my two dogs is not going to affect that significantly.

What about red worms? Is this too big a scale for that?

]]> By: iris http://earth911.com/news/2009/10/01/can-dog-poop-be-composted/comment-page-1/#comment-32971 iris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:35:18 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=24848#comment-32971 Actually, biodegradable items should NOT go in a landfill b/c they break down anaerobically - w/o air - and release methane - a greenhouse gas. Actually, biodegradable items should NOT go in a landfill b/c they break down anaerobically – w/o air – and release methane – a greenhouse gas.

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