Theme Week Pets: Flushadoos
Every week we pick a theme to explore in more depth, and this week that theme is eco-friendly pets. To read all our posts related to this theme, click here....And to round out this week's theme, I present to you: Flushadoos, a great product with a hilariously disgusting name.
So, instead of picking up your dog's presents with plastic bags, check these out: the bags are made from a disintegrating water-soluble material, so they're safe to flush. Being able to flush dog waste is important, because it can carry E. coli, salmonella, tuberculosis and bellyworm into our bodies of water by rain. According to the EPA, fecal coliform contamination from pet waste makes up about 90% of all bacterial watershed pollution in urban areas.
Untreated dog waste is washed into rivers, lakes, bays and oceans by rain. Though the EPA is gradually requiring states to comply with the Clean Water Act currently most dog waste sits in plastic wrapped time-bombs in landfills. Fecal coliform contamination from pet waste accounts for up to 90% of all bacterial watershed pollution in urban areas in the U.S.
Doggie lovers can order a set of 30 bags for $9.75.
via [the alternative consumer].
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