So up until now we've been using the plastic bags we get at the grocery store--and using the self-checkouts and grabbing a few extras on the sly. This at the time was the best idea for us--we give a second use to something that is necessary and will be trash, and they're made from recycled products. Plus they're free!
But we started running short on our stockpile, and I was feeling environmentally guilty about grabbing new ones and about the amount of waste we're creating.
I explored other options--namely buying smaller poo-bags to reduce, biodegradable bags, and flushable bags. Smaller poo-bags make since because at least we're reducing our waste by replacing new, ganked plastic grocery bags with smaller ones. Flushable bags sound great, but honestly it's kind of gross to mix dog poo in the human toilet and anyways they're not guaranteed not to clog your septic system (and we live in an old apartment building). And biodegradable bags? We can't compost our poo and these bags probably wouldn't biodegrade any faster than regular ones in the landfill.
So I decided on biodegradable. Why? Well, at least we're reducing; we're giving them a fighting chance to degrade wherever they might, and if we can sneak the bag into a yardwaste bag, then even better! But mostly, if we're going to choose a bag, we might as well put our money into an industry that is working to save the world, and not one indifferent to it. So I went onto Greenfeet.com and bought us a few packs of the bags.
Check out my post on my confusion and eventual success in figuring out how to use the damn Biobags in the first place.
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