Biobag Breaks Down Faster Than Expected
June 4, 2008
Just before going away for a bit of a vacation in the middle of May, I decided to test out a couple of the Biobags I had recently received in the mail. I filled one of the doggy poop bags with some bean salad (past its prime) and tossed it into the middle of a large worm bin containing 5 lbs of hungry Red Wigglers. I then went away for two weeks.
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When I got back I looked around in the bin and could find NO trace of the bag or its contents. Finally, a number of days later I did manage to find one remnant (shown in the picture above). I guess those worms were really hungry!
I’ve been testing Biobag Food Waste Bags in my outdoor composters as well. I haven’t seen results quite so dramatic, but they certainly seem to be breaking down quite nicely.
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I use bio bags when picking up after my black lab and I recently read on the Toronto Waste Management website, that they do not want bio bags in their green bins, nor their recycling bins.
Here’s the information:
http://www.toronto.ca/garbage/biodegradable_plastic.htm
So I was considering putting the bags in my vermicompost bin, however, I am concerned it will smell. Dogs have very potent feces and it smells through the bag while we are walking.
What do you think?
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for the link (and info). I think the best bet (for those using green bins) is simply to dump the contents of the bags into the bin, then to composting the bags in a backyard composter separately.
I definitely wouldn’t recommend adding the dog doo bags (containing dog doo) in any sort of indoor worm bin. I myself compost our cat litter waste (we use compostable litter) – but do so in large outdoor systems, and systems that are totally separate from my normal composting/vermicomposting efforts.
If you DO have a yard, creating a special composting pit for dog waste isn’t a bad idea – you can even sink a plastic garbage can into the ground if you want everything contained (important if you are close to a body of water, or the water table in general).