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Easily the crappiest part about owning a dog is picking up its feces. And it's the worst when you're on a walk, or at the park, and have to pick up freshly-made deposits -- because let's be honest: warm poop is totally gross. So, to solve that problem, one company figured it'd be fun to freeze that sh-t.

Enter POOP-FREEZE, "a specially formulated aerosol freeze spray that, upon contact, forms a frosty film on dog poop (or cat poop) to harden the surface for easy pick-up."

While sort-of novel, let's be honest: this product is completely pointless, a waste of resources, and only encourages people to chuck their pet's frozen crap into landfills (along with the cans, presumably, once they've been sapped of their poop-freezing powers). Yet, for some reason POOP-FREEZE is being marketed as "environmentally friendly."

Please don't think, for a second, that you're doing the environment any good by purchasing a product that covers doggie do-do in a thin sheet of ice. If you're worried about side effects your pet's crap is having on the planet, you'd be better off looking into ways those deposits can be recycled or returned to the earth. However, if you're bored, I highly recommend the testimonials page on the company website, which includes gems like: "One of my chores that I love to hate is picking up our beloved Buddy's poop. POOP-FREEZE changed that - it's [sic] makes this chore fun [my emphasis]."

For more on companies that are making stuff up to confuse you, the eco-conscious consumer, check out the Six Sins of Greenwashing.

[via Treehugger]