Anyone have any good solution to disposing of litter aside from throwing it in the garbage? The problem here is we do not have garbage pick up so we have to take our garbage one of several locations. Unless we take it daily - which is not only a PITA but also requires that we go that way, have to deal with heaving bags of heavy, smelly litter into the dumpster, have to drive the truck because there is no way I am transporting it in our trunk, and have the expense of gas to get there - we are dealing with heavy loads and odor. In the winter it isn't so bad - it can sit in the bin we have for it for a while and not get too, ahem, fragrant. But in the summer we have to dispose of it nearly every single day to keep the odor from becoming overbearing - and keep it far away from the house. We can't flush, nor would I even if a litter says it is flush-able - we have a septic tank. What we have been doing is double bagging when we scoop and putting it in a bin dedicated to just litter.
I wanted to compost (no, I wouldn't use it on edibles) but that means having to use one of the compost-able litters. I may switch one box and see how they do. I did that for a while but switched back to clay when Chunk started peeing outside the box. The other advantage to the compost-able litters is the weight - so much lighter than clay.
Has anyone composted? Any other creative solutions? I thought about doing the litter genie thing but we'd still have to dispose of it and I'm not sure it's any better than double bagging with grocery bags - plus I'm fairly conscious of reducing the amount of plastics I use.
I just told the cats they need to learn to use the toilet and flush.
