How Do You Get Rid of Used Cat Litter?

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I use clumping and it goes in its own trash can and gets taken out to the big trash once a week. Still experimenting to find a litter I love, have tried three brands so far. Swheat scoop is next up.
 
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Where I live in Germany, rubbish is generally incinerated. Each house has 4 trash bins (paper, bio, recycling and the rest). We are not allowed to put used cat litter (of any type) in the bin for compostable waste so it all goes into the most expensive bin for incineration. 

Since I have quite a large turnover of foster cats, I sometimes wish I had a much larger bin. I cannot risk using the same litter for a second cat so I throw a lot away. But, unless I have a cat with a large number of hungry kittens, I usually manage.

The Cat Rescue Organization provides me with bags of desiccant material to be used as cat litter for my fosters. Unfortunately, this material also takes up moisture out of the surrounding air. Since this part of Germany is particularly humid in summer, I need far more of this cat litter (and hence far more trash space) than for normal litter. Hence I only use this product if I know the cat will be with me for just a few days to get over a castration operation.

Most of my strays seem to prefer litter which resembles sand, so fine clumping litter is best. Kittens need a non-clumping, no-dust solution so I have to keep both available. All finish up in the trash. For my own 3 cats, I have 3 litter boxes with various types of litter. At the moment they are all using just the one box (ultra-fine clumping litter) from a local drug store). In addition, my cat with a chronic kidney complaint prefers to urinate on an old cotton pillow case or a piece of torn-up sheet. I put this in a litter box, change it 2 or 3 times a day and wash the rags in the washing machine (it's only urine). At least she no longer leaves puddles in inappropriate places.

Regarding litter for flushing down the toilet - I found some in the shops here many years ago and I used it with pleasure until the sewage pipe from my house to the main sewer was completely blocked. I had to spend a small fortune to get it cleared. Incidentally, the product has been withdrawn from the market.
 

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I live on a farm without garbage pickup and have been pondering whether or not I ought to bury it or take it to the dump.  However, as far as animal waste near a garden goes, you can use goat, rabbit, cow, and horse manure in a veggie garden. it should be plowed into the soil and watered in before planting.   Rabbit and I think goat does not need to be composted and can go right on.  Dog and Cat waste however, as far as I know, should not be included in a compost pile meant to go on food crops, because dogs and cats can carry things like parvo and other diseases that can transfer to humans.
 

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I use clay litter with an additive (Litter Mate) that allows it to clump. When my yard has gopher/vole runs, I sprinkle the used litters on the mounds to encourage them to go elsewhere. Otherwise I scoop into plastic grocery bags and throw in the outside trash can.
has sprinkling the used litters on the gopher/vole runs helped encourage them to go elsewhere?

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i use clumping litter. i usually scoop the clumps into my little 4-gallon trash bag along with the days trash, tie it up, and deposit it in my outside trash can. every 8 weeks i do a complete litter change in both litter boxes, dumping that into doubled 13 gallon trash bags, tying it up, and depositing in outside trash can.

i am going to try using some of my (urine) used litter to discourage the moles/voles from doing their thing in my backyard though. just started over the winter and don't want it to continue.
 

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I live in an apartment building so I scoop Sweetpea's litter every night into paper bags, fold it over, stick some tape on it and chuck it down the garbage chute. One of the perks of apartment life I guess.
 I figured the paper bags were more environmentally friendly than plastic. I use Arm & Hammer clumping litter and clean the entire box out every 3 weeks usually and then I dump the contents of the box into a garbage bag and throw it out. 
 

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I use clumping clay litter. Everyday, lumps and poops get scooped into a little plastic bag (like the ones you can put fresh produce in at the grocery store, milk bags, bread bags). Bag gets tied in a knot that can be untied with one tug and put on the shelf with the scoop away from the boxes. After 3-5 days of scooping into the same bag, once it gets 3/4 full, I tie a full knot and toss it in our closed main/kitchen trash. When my boyfriend dumps the litterboxes, all the used litter goes into a big garbage bag and taken out with all the other trash.
 

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I use clumping clay litter. Everyday, lumps and poops get scooped into a little plastic bag (like the ones you can put fresh produce in at the grocery store, milk bags, bread bags). Bag gets tied in a knot that can be untied with one tug and put on the shelf with the scoop away from the boxes. After 3-5 days of scooping into the same bag, once it gets 3/4 full, I tie a full knot and toss it in our closed main/kitchen trash. When my boyfriend dumps the litterboxes, all the used litter goes into a big garbage bag and taken out with all the other trash.
This is what I do, too. We've been getting the plain, non-closing storage bags in the ziplock aisle at Walmart. They are the perfect size (almost vegetable bag sized) and cost under $3 for 200 of them. I hate putting the scoopings in a plastic bag, but this is the least messy and smelly way I can figure to do it. Using the same bag for several days makes me feel a little better, but it still bugs me. Even if I get the expensive, biodegradable dog poop bags, it is still going in the plastic trash bag eventually. I tried using only the natural litters so I could dump and spread the used litter in the woods, but they just do not clump well enough. And I cannot use the flushable litter because we are on a septic field. Sigh. I mix clay litter into pine litter for good clumping.
 
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I use very small, twist-tie garbage bags for daily poop control -- I clean the litter of all feces and clumps at least once a day and put the bag of poo in the garbage, which is taken out daily.
 

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We use clumping litter and do the scoop into plastic bag/throw in trash routine.
 

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Hi! We use Precious Cat Ultra Unscented Litter after switching from Tidy Cats Multi Cat. We adopted Paprika 2 months ago and noticed she sneezed up to 15 times in a row after using her litter box with Tidy Cats so we switched to a low dust litter. We scoop multiple times a day (anytime we see the surface of the litter is disturbed) and throw the waste into a small metal garbage that seals shut from the top. We do a complete litter change and wash the litter box every 4 weeks. I was scared to change and wash her litter box at first because I thought the new scent would deter her from using the box but she actually loved it.
 

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I use Blue Buffalo crushed walnut shells.  I scoop every day until the bag gets full and throw it in the trash.  I dump the used litter on our property in the woods. I can go a month without changing the litter out with this type but I change every two weeks
 

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I use corn by worlds best litter
It clumps yet breaks up in the toilet n is flush able
There is hubbub about toxiplacicity (sp?) because of the corn getting wet with urine n mold building up. Personally I don't let litter sit that long guess I'm anal because as soon as they pee n poo I scoop n flush. I have had no problems n better yet my cats have had none either
They have all been to the vets just recently also.
If u r not celiac u can use swheat I believe it's flushable too
I tried the toilet trainer but my cats are longer than the toilet so it's to difficult for them. If ur cat is short try the toilet trainer it's only $30.

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Plastic shopping bags take up to 1,000 years to break down, and when they do, they contaminate our land and waterways. They require petroleum for production and are difficult to re-use. Recycling plastic bags is even more difficult. Due to prohibitively high costs, less than 5% of all plastic bags are ever recycled. When plastic bags are recycled, they are typically sent to China, where factory workers are exposed to the toxic fumes they release.
 
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Plastic shopping bags take up to 1,000 years to break down, and when they do, they contaminate our land and waterways. They require petroleum for production and are difficult to re-use. Recycling plastic bags is even more difficult. Due to prohibitively high costs, less than 5% of all plastic bags are ever recycled. When plastic bags are recycled, they are typically sent to China, where factory workers are exposed to the toxic fumes they release.
How do you dispose of your cats soiled litter?
 

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I use very small, twist-tie garbage bags for daily poop control -- I clean the litter of all feces and clumps at least once a day and put the bag of poo in the garbage, which is taken out daily.
Me too. I get the small scented ones at dollar tree and use those. they are 1.00 for 50 bags
 

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can't imagine having a garbage pail full here in the summers in AZ! yikes!
 

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We clean the poop daily and put into the daily trash which goes out to our can. We have 2 of these boxes.
The tinkle drains down on to pee pads, depending how much urine 1-3 times a week.

Our bigger covered boxes gets scooped every day or two. Litter fully changed at most a week, but if needed sooner.



can't imagine having a garbage pail full here in the summers in AZ! yikes!
 

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I use Blue Buffalo, Ground Walnut Shells.  I scoop 6 times daily into an old Tidy Cat bucket and compost.  It is also flushable.
 

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lol, well you indeed know what the heat does to our garbage out here! I have to chuckle because if I ever start noticing my garage having a garbage smell I simply move it outside our garage door...but it's rather close to our neighbors... can't imagine if I put the kittie's poo in there! Neighbors may build a bigger wall between our houses ;)
 
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