Cat tails Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 My local waste collection company is organising an experiment and I decided to participate. A 100 families are going to try to be a 100% grey waste free for a 100 days. It means I need to recycle as much as possible so as little waste as possible will go to the incinerators. I already have four bins in my kitchen: plastic, paper, green and rest. And decided to switch kitty litter. Any good tips from my omletteer friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 What are you using for cat litter and how are you going to dispose of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Currently I have a clump forming clay based litter, which I love. It's very hygienic and smells nice (of baby powder), but it can only go in the grey bin. It is still quite economical as I only need one bag for at least 3 to 4 months. I'm switching to a compostable litter, but not sure which yet. It will go into my green garden and kitchen waste bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Look for fruit & veg packed in recyclable or compostable cartons, or buy loose, if you can. Buy juice in plastic rather than in Tetra packs. Use hankies rather than tissues, which can't be recycled. We don't put much into out grey bin, but have had to get a second green bin, as we recycle so mush (& wine bottles take up a lot of space!) Our council is really good - they also provide us with a food caddy so we can put all our food waste in there - the stuff the hens won't eat - & they compost it for us, them sell us back the compost too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I use chick crumb as cat litter. Basically the same stuff as "World's Best" for a fraction of the price, it clumps and is flushable. With only one cat now, a sack lasts a very long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 We have all sorts of bins too - a large green one which is landfill, a smaller pink one for recycleable plastics and tins and a blue one for paper and an orange box for glass and a brown bin to put all the kitchen and garden waste in for composting - We also got a kitchen caddy for all the kitchen waste but mine goes in the compost bins and wormery so I dont use the large brown bin like people do without compost bins. Our service is also only once a fortnight so if you have more they dont take it and you have to go to the recycling place with it. They also charge for bulky uplift - hence cutting the carpets into squares and folding them and putting in the car to the recycling place free. The only bad thing about this is the countryside is littered with bins at the end of roads and so pink, bright blue green, brown and orange bins are lying about all over the place. They also blow onto the road! We drilled holes in the lip of the lid and attached bungee cord to come over the tops of mine so if they blow over the plastic and paper does not fly out and have to be chased all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 I use chick crumb as cat litter. Basically the same stuff as "World's Best" for a fraction of the price, it clumps and is flushable. With only one cat now, a sack lasts a very long time Hmmm that is an interesting idea. Although I'm probably going to have a field day finding chick crumb. That's the edible stuff for chicks right? Look for fruit & veg packed in recyclable or compostable cartons, or buy loose, if you can.Buy juice in plastic rather than in Tetra packs. Use hankies rather than tissues, which can't be recycled. Our council is really good - they also provide us with a food caddy so we can put all our food waste in there - the stuff the hens won't eat - & they compost it for us, them sell us back the compost too We have Grey bin: general waste Green bin: all green waste, including kitchen waste (even kitty poo) Plastic I need to go and bring to a separate collection bin. But good thing is that they now have changed it into a plastic, metal and tetra pack bin. So cans, juice and milk cartons etc go in that bin as well. Glass I need to bring to a separate collection bin too (which of course is in a different location... ) and paper is collected by the local soccer team once every two months. (which is quite a long time, especially when you miss one...) So far the things I have found I can't recycle are hygienic pads etc, the kitty litter (have heaps of the old stuff still) and crisp packets (those with the aluminium foil on the inside). Good incentive to give up the crisps... I also need to figure out what I'm going to do with the chicken poo. I now line the trays with newspaper. Might be that that also can go into the green bin, but for now I stick it in a plastic bag and put it in the grey waste. Probably need to phone the collection company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sil-El Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 We have 3 bins, Brown - garden waste like grass cuttings, leaves, weeds etc. You can also put any food waste in, as long as it's wrapped in newspaper, and also animal waste if it comes from things like rabbits or guinea pigs. Blue - all recyclable material, including glass, cardboard, plastic etc Green - everything else. I put the cat litter in this one. The chicken waste goes on the compost heap and the ladies love digging through it so I don't even have to bother about turning it Our council are pretty good to be honest, we can put out things like bigger cardboard boxes with the blue bin and as long as you've flattened them they will take them. And you can put food waste in both green and brown bins so that effectively means it's taken weekly as they do blue/brown one week and green the other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 We have recycling boxes for aluminium, glass, plastic bottles, card and paper. We can take some other plastic packaging to our local recycling banks too. We compost all of our chicken bedding and vegetable waste and have a brown bin for garden clippings and a food waste caddy for kitchen waste. Our other general waste is collected fortnightly, cat litter has to go into that and I wrap it in newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Our council is actually considering a reversed pick up of waste. Normally in the Netherlands, you need to take all recyclable material to neighbourhood bins. Although some councils pick up random bits and bobs. They want to collect all recyclable material at home in different bins and make people bring only the non recyclable material to neighbourhood bins. That way they want to encourage people to recycle more. My closest plastic bin is about 800 m away. Closest glass bin is about 1,5 km and closest paper bin is more than 2,5 km away. Fun work with only a motorcycle or bicycle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I use chick crumb as cat litter. Basically the same stuff as "World's Best" for a fraction of the price, it clumps and is flushable. With only one cat now, a sack lasts a very long time Hmmm that is an interesting idea. Although I'm probably going to have a field day finding chick crumb. That's the edible stuff for chicks right? It is indeed the chick food and I get it in a 20kg sack from the same place as I get the layers pellets for the hens. They don't always keep it in stock, so I ring them to check if they have any and they'll order it in when they know I want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'll ask around at my chicken place. Although they mostly only sell by the kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I use chick crumb as cat litter. Basically the same stuff as "World's Best" for a fraction of the price, it clumps and is flushable. With only one cat now, a sack lasts a very long time Interesting! Never heard of anyone doing that... I use wood pellets and find it much better than the clumping stuff. I know someone with a biomass boiler who uses the wood pellets as chick brooder substrate and cat litter. Last time I asked it was £3.80 per 10kg bag inc VAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 I use chick crumb as cat litter. Basically the same stuff as "World's Best" for a fraction of the price, it clumps and is flushable. With only one cat now, a sack lasts a very long time Interesting! Never heard of anyone doing that... I use wood pellets and find it much better than the clumping stuff. I know someone with a biomass boiler who uses the wood pellets as chick brooder substrate and cat litter. Last time I asked it was £3.80 per 10kg bag inc VAT. The thing is, I clean my litter box litterally once a year, when going on holiday. The rest of the year I just scoop. (Which is also saving on water and cleaning products I guess.) So I really want a clump forming litter. Have looked around, but so far no luck finding "cheap" chick crump. My chickenfood place only has garvo type brands. And the Dutch Zooplus doesn't do chicken things at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 I went with a bag of Cats best as a trial. iPoes can be very difficult with the litter box... If I don't scoop often enough she will might have an 'accident' on my bed... I really hope this stuff is up to her standards and she will approve. Does anyone flush the stuff? Or do you all chuck it in the compost bin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
