It seems strange that conscientious dog owners pick up their dog's poo (which is 100% biodegradable)...only to pop it into a plastic bag that will be with us for 100's of years.
Amazingly, US dogs produce enough waste to fill an 800-foot-tall football field every year and plastic bags can take over 100 years to decompose. Scooping all that poop into petroleum-based plastic bags leaches toxic chemicals as they slooowly break down over thousands of years in landfills. Alternatively, leaving scat on the ground isn't an eco-friendly (nor neighbor-friendly) option either, as 20-30% of all pollutants in waterways can be attributed to canine waste.
Since paper and poop are not a winning combo and leaving land mines for unsuspecting outdoor enthusiasts doesn't go over well, most responsible dog owners are beholden to plastic. Or are they?
Olive poop bags are made naturally from GMO-free corn starch and vegetable oil, are certified 100% biodegradable and compost in as little as 40 days. Poop and parcel can be buried for micro-organisms to consume or combined with yard waste for curbside collection in communities that compost biodegradable waste.
Available in two convenient sizes, Unisex (small) and Super Poop (large). And the cool art canisters designed by illustrator Nate Williams, means you don't have to keep your poop bags out of sight. Refill bags also available.
Sizes: Super Poop (large) 9.8"x13.8", .92 mil
Unisex (small) 7.9"x12.6", .92 mil,
also available
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My older sibling wanted a little sister so she pulled me around in a little red wagon dressed up in a sun skirt until I was five .. a year earlier my mom stopped breast feeding me but proceeded to feed me wheat germ, carob and tofu way before it was cool. My brothers told me a jock strap was what fighter pilots wore on their heads for oxygen.. so I ran around the neighborhood with my arms out like a plane, jockstrap on my head making fighter jet noises .. what I am trying to say is I had a very typical childhood. In the pursuit of money, fame and petrified hot chicks I studied Anthropology, quickly changing my major to something less respectable "Inter-Media Sculpture". My hobby in design and technology led me to web design which is where I spent 7 years working as a web designer and an art director for Microsoft Games and Xbox. A few years ago .. I made the decision to pursue my passion for having absolutely no money and eating unhealthy amounts of rice .. I wondered "How does one achieve such a goal?" BECOME AN ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR full time.. I can't think of a better way to accomplish it. So here I am .. living in Buenos Aires ... confusing the poor locals with my own dialect of Spanish, a mixture of charades, speaking slowly with my eye brows raised and adding "o" at the end of English words.
