Eco-Friendlier Ways to Clean up After Your Dog

As a responsible dog owner, you're probably already courteous enough to clean up after your dog, something everyone appreciates. The very act of removing your dog's waste from yards or patches of grass off city sidewalks or dog parks goes a long way toward protecting public health, and making your community a nicer place to live.

Fortunately, there are plenty of greener solutions to the dog poop problem. Here are some we've found:

If you live in a city high-rise with no outdoor space, bagging the dog poop and putting it in a garbage can may be your greenest option. But instead of reusing plastic grocery bags, use biodegradable poop bags like BioBag for dog poop, and reusable shopping bags for shopping. Then no plastic bags are used. The dog poop will still end up in a landfill, but it at least has a shot at disintegrating.

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