Go Green with Biodegradable Poop Bags


Posted on Apr 24, 2008
By Elizabeth Edwardsen

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Like most people concerned with the environment, I try to leave as small a footprint as possible when going about my daily activities, including walking my standard poodles, Bertie and Veronica.

Many people use plastic newspaper and shopping bags to clean up after their dogs, but ever since I learned that those bags can sit in landfills for 1,000 years, I gave up the plastic poop bag habit. Now, the dogs and I never leave the house without some BioBags, which are 100 percent biodegradable (as is dog poop) and can even be composted. Now, when I walk my dogs, I make sure not only to clean up after them, but I know the bag I used doesn't sit in a landfill for centuries. (Those traditional plastic bags that don't end up in landfills get stuck in trees or blow into oceans, where they threaten marine mammals who mistake them for food.)

The black bags are made out of corn and are compact yet sturdy - they are entirely up to their assigned task.

I've also been cutting back on our plastic bag use entirely - especially now that I don't need them to clean up after my dogs - by using my own canvas totes at the grocery store and other shops.

BioBags give me and my dog a simple way to "Go Green."

By the way, when it's time for Bertie and Veronica to stretch their legs, so to speak, they let me know by ringing their Puppy Training Bells on the front door. These dog doorbells aren't just for puppys - big dogs can learn to let their owner know when they need to go out, too.

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Hi Our dog park www.ossiningdogpark.com, just went green wtih the bio bags, it's great, we must have read the same article!!!!
Posted By Paula
on Apr 25, 2008
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