BYOB at Whole Foods Part II
Ask and you shall receive.
Shortly after my previous post about Whole Foods getting rid of plastic bags to give the environment a helpful hand, Reader Neighbor Bob answered my question about whether there were biodegrable pooper scooper bags sold anywhere.
Bob e-mailed to say:
Just saw your blog post "BYOB @ Whole Foods" and wondered about the degradable plastic bag availability. We've been thinking about that too. Here's a few quick links I found FYI. Maybe you already know about them but wanted to pass along the info anyway. I'd like to see some third party testing to verify if they actually degrade as the manufacturers claim because they aren't exactly cheap. But hopefully they will become more prevalent as we get greener as a society.
You can actually get corn based bags at PetSmart. Well, at least in Arizona stores.
Also: Dirtworks.
Thanks also to Sean who pointed out that "There are various biodegrable dogg waste bags on the market. Just as an example, Petsmart sells a 100-pack for 6.99 but you can probably find them cheaper online. A lot of them seem to be made from cornstarch."
But my favorite response was from my SuperCool colleague and friend John who said:
enjoyed your byob/dog poop blog entry today.
FYI: Martins has reusable cloth bags. I think they sell for 99 cents.
BJs has no bags. It's a bit different set up being a warehouse type shop. But there's no plastic (or paper) there at all. It's simply not an option.
On the other hand, nothing works like plastic grocery bags for poop removal. And I don't believe the "bags getting into the food supply" bit at all. First it takes a thousand years to break down. So nothing's in the food supply now. And 1,000 years from now they won't be planting or grazing on landfills. All our food will be shipped to us from gardens and cloning barns in outer space. There'll be one really great, tasty cow that will be cloned over and over and over again. Same with chickens, ducks, and the pork-bearing species. And the really good news: we'll be able to dispose of dog poop by blasting it with photon beams.
But you knew that.
I was just at one of those big pet stores and forgot to look, but my dog and I thank you all for the help! I might just buy some when my plastic bag stash is gone. And John, I Can!Not!Wait! to photonblast poop with my ray gun!
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