[Greenbuilding] Kitty litter (was Re: clay wall for pool)

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

>  So I'm wondering "Why not just use sawdust or woodchips for kitty litter
instead of buying processed wood pellets for the task ?"

There are a million examples of companies creating markets for their
products when better natural alternatives exist.

One of the worst examples is companies convincing mothers that formula milk
is better than breast milk.

Maybe that is why we have cat litter?

Although some cat litter clumps together in a really great way so you just
take out the clump and leave behind clean litter. Saw dust doesn't do that.
The liquid continues spreading through the saw dust.

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:04 PM, RT <Archilogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:11:50 -0500, Peter/Pam Martin <p2j2 at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>  I now use wood stove pellets as kitty litter; they are compostable,
>> cheaper than clay, have a pleasurable odour, and the felines have not
>> complained.
>>
>
> Thinking back to my days in elementary school, I remember kids having
> "accidents" in the classroom and the teacher having to call in the
> custodian to clean up.
>
> I remember green stuff that looked like sawdust being sprinkled over the
> area to soak up the lovely kidjuice before being scooped up. There was a
> time when I would have known the brand & product name, but geezerdom has
> long since eliminated that capability.
>
> We also know of the utility of sawdust in composting toilet and
> toilet-in-a-bucket applications.
>
> And I know that the City of Ottawa likes to have the truckloads of wood
> chips from tree maintenance people dumped on top of their septic lagoons
> for a similar reason.
>
> So I'm wondering "Why not just use sawdust or woodchips for kitty litter
> instead of buying processed wood pellets for the task ?"
>
> Softwood sawdust would be naturally scented (ie pine, spruce, cedar) so
> should meet with the approval of Ms Cat.
> (I understand horses don't like a particular species of wood shavings for
> their bedding but I don't remember which).
>
>
>
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> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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