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Ok, I'm at the start of a journey to try and become plastic free, and hopefully, eventually, zero waste and one of my hot topics at the moment is the dog. We have a springer spaniel, and he has a particularly enthusiastic bowel which requires on average 4-5 bags a day, he's a thorough pooch fair play.
There are biodegradable bags out there but, I've been advised that councils generally send this type of waste to landfill if you bag it and bin it, and if then buried the biodegradable bags don't decompose, so I've been trying to think outside the box. I'm looking at getting something like a hotbox (though I don't know if this is also plastic) that I can use my grass clippings along with other bits and pieces and the biodegradable dog bags. As a separate unit, to my main compost, this would then be used for the flower beds, as I can't quite get my head around putting even broken down dog poop onto the veg even though it's probably fine.
So do any of you use this type of composter, and how successful are they, I'm also open to other suggestions of how best to achieve the same outcome if they are plastic free of course.
There are biodegradable bags out there but, I've been advised that councils generally send this type of waste to landfill if you bag it and bin it, and if then buried the biodegradable bags don't decompose, so I've been trying to think outside the box. I'm looking at getting something like a hotbox (though I don't know if this is also plastic) that I can use my grass clippings along with other bits and pieces and the biodegradable dog bags. As a separate unit, to my main compost, this would then be used for the flower beds, as I can't quite get my head around putting even broken down dog poop onto the veg even though it's probably fine.
So do any of you use this type of composter, and how successful are they, I'm also open to other suggestions of how best to achieve the same outcome if they are plastic free of course.
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