Why Compost At Home?

Home composting is becoming more popular. Not only does it reduce one’s carbon footprint, it also will benefit your garden! Home composting benefits not only your impact on the environment, but it also reduces the carbon emissions used to break down organic waste in landfills, as well as the emissions used in transporting the waste.

Tune In To The Profit November 12th At 10PM: The Profit returns for season seven on CNBC at 10 p.m. ET Nov. 5. Marcus Lemonis hosts the show, about how struggling businesses turn around. CNBC called the program its most-watched primetime show this year.

bioDOGradable Bags has won the People & Planet Award for Green Business. The theme for this past quarter’s winners was Plastic Alternatives. The People & Planet Award recognizes US small businesses for their dedication to a green economy: a bottom line that includes protecting workers, communities, and the environment.

Dogs are often cited as being the least eco-friendly pet. However, there’s good news for the 42.5 million households who own a pet pooch as it’s becoming increasingly easier to reap the benefits of dog ownership while living an eco-friendly lifestyle. This is due to the likes of Biodogradable waste bags becoming readily available. 

It’s not unusual to see an iceberg on the cover of National Geographic. But take another look at this month’s cover, and you’ll see there’s something else beneath the surface. 

Celebrate Earth Day with your kitties by embracing eco-friendly practices that help you shrink your ecological pawprint. First, you could consider switching to a non-clay kitty litter, and look into composting the litter after you scoop. Wee Kitty clumping corn litter is both flushable, mulch-able, and biodegradable, and CatSpot organic coconut litter is hypoallergenic and completely biodegradable!

Given Lindsay’s perfect pedigree, we asked her to give us some pointers on how, as dog guardians, we can become more environmentally friendly. Here, she offers easy-to-implement changes that will not only reduce your eco-pawprint, but will also improve your—and your dog’s—health.

According to a press release made by the FTC in 2015, marketers of dog waste bags “may be deceiving consumers with the use of their unqualified ‘biodegradable’ claim.” If a product says it’s biodegradable, consumers like you and me probably think it will break down in the trash or composting bin. But due to unregulated guidelines and misleading packaging, it’s possible the poop bags you’re using aren’t as earth-friendly as they seem.

Each individual has the power to live a sustainable lifestyle in order to care for our planet,and an organization has the responsibility to make a tremendous environmental impact through their sustainable choices. Let’s look at Pet Sustainability as a whole and understand the importance of it at an organizational and individual perspective.