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Cat Litter Disposal: Can Kitty Litter Be Thrown Away?

What is the proper method to dispose of kitty litter? If your cat isn’t litter trained, the answer is simple: wipe up the poop with tissue paper and rinse, blot up the urine with more tissue and rinse. But what do you do after your cat relieves himself in the litter box? Can you still get rid of it the same way? Can cat litter be thrown away?

That depends on whether it’s urine or feces, and what type of kitty litter you’re using. If you use litter for your cat’s litter box, you should not throw it away. Even though not much litter will stick to the cat poop, your toilet will be clogged in the long run. The same goes for the other two main types of litter: clay cat litter and clumping cat litter. The plumber’s bill to unclog your pipes will bankrupt you.

If you use crystal litter, which is made of silica gel, your cat litter removal job is a bit easier. Crystal cat litter absorbs cat urine itself without clumping, so it can be disposed of in small amounts. It also doesn’t stick very well to cat poop, so you can flush it down the toilet, too. However, it is still notable to do this tip regularly in the long run.

As for biodegradable cat litter, that depends. Some of them are made of quite large granules that can also clog pipes. Others are made of wood or sawdust and can pass without a problem. Still, if you have a septic tank, keep in mind that these materials don’t necessarily degrade immediately. We could be talking years, which could cause your septic tank to get quite full. Somehow, the thought of used trash and cat poop pouring out of my clogged drains leaves me in a cold sweat.

Some manufacturers have begun to make cat litter, in view of the demands for greater comfort. Naturally, this cat litter costs more. To make kitty litter disposable, they use various biodegradable materials that are supposed to pass safely through pipes. These new types of kitty litter won’t turn into a sludge that can clog sewer pipes, in theory. Some plumbers disagree. In the course of their business, they have gone into homes where the sewer pipes and plumbing were clogged with kitty litter. Or so said the embarrassed and distraught occupant of the house. Who lies here? I don’t know, but it’s probably not wise to flush large amounts of rubbish down the toilet.

It’s still best to dispose of most of your kitty litter the old-fashioned way, either bagged along with the rest of your litter or carefully buried somewhere in the yard. In the garden, your cat’s urine and feces would make good fertilizer for your lawn and flowers. Cat urine and feces can contain dangerous bacteria, so you shouldn’t use it to fertilize vegetables and fruit trees.

I must admit that a real disposable cat litter would be very convenient when it is snowing or raining a lot. It would really simplify kitty litter disposal.

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