Bob and I are working to become as aware as we can about everything we send into the trash stream. We recently turned our attention to the cat litter box. This creates a substantial volume of stuff that goes into trash bags.

We are now switching the cat over to pine litter, and will put all the litter and waste into a large plastic bin. When it gets full we'll put it into the far corner of the back yard to sit for a year or two and then use it on flower gardens only.

Is anyone else doing this?

Lisa how do the cats like the pine litter
Does it absorb well

Lisa, how is this going? My cats don't have a litter box - they take themselves out the cat door and do their business in the scrub. If i did use a box I would compost it also.

I tried switching to the pine litter but my cats wouldn't use it. I hope you have better luck. Maybe my cats are just too set in their ways to change.