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labelleizzy) wrote2012-05-29 01:18 pm
labelleizzy) wrote2012-05-29 01:18 pm
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One pet peeve...
Small pet peeve. Heh. I made a pun there, you'll see...
I like to think of myself as someone who strives to be "green", you know, environmentally friendly. I recycle, I upcycle, I buy used, I fix and repair my broken stuff when I can.
However. I get clay litter for the cats' litter boxes.
I know that's not terrifically green, but it's the litter they like and use well, and it's an easy clean-up for me... so.
Had this crazy idea a long time ago, of having a place that ISN'T the garbage, of everyone dumping their clay litter and allowing natural processes to return the clay to clay (yes it would smell to high heaven of ammonia for awhile, and would likely attract lots of flies at the beginning.)
Just, it seems to me that we should be able to use the clay again, even if it's just for a primary layer of a landfill... We spend so much energy and fossil fuels digging the clay out and processing it, packaging it and getting it to the stores and our homes, that dumping it straight in the trash seems like a real waste.
Cat owners? What do you think?
I like to think of myself as someone who strives to be "green", you know, environmentally friendly. I recycle, I upcycle, I buy used, I fix and repair my broken stuff when I can.
However. I get clay litter for the cats' litter boxes.
I know that's not terrifically green, but it's the litter they like and use well, and it's an easy clean-up for me... so.
Had this crazy idea a long time ago, of having a place that ISN'T the garbage, of everyone dumping their clay litter and allowing natural processes to return the clay to clay (yes it would smell to high heaven of ammonia for awhile, and would likely attract lots of flies at the beginning.)
Just, it seems to me that we should be able to use the clay again, even if it's just for a primary layer of a landfill... We spend so much energy and fossil fuels digging the clay out and processing it, packaging it and getting it to the stores and our homes, that dumping it straight in the trash seems like a real waste.
Cat owners? What do you think?