cinders
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can i recycle or compost cat litterI have a fair weathered cat,who uses a litter box.Has anyone any ideas if i can compost it or recycle it.
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Simon
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Not that I am aware. You would probably be best burrying it in a corner far away from your veg plot. I heard long ago that it doesn't do any good to plants.
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cinders
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mmm think i'll end up with a huge mound lol
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gil
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Not a good thing to add to the garden, or compost. Bury it somewhere else.
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Frewen Feltmaker
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Could it be *digested* in one of those green cone things? I have a vauge recollection of a claim that it could manage dog poo .
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toggle
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guess it's gonna depend what sort of litter you use. The paper or wood ones would compost, I'd just worry that it wouldn't get hot enough to kill off all the nasties in the cat shit
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mrutty
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You can place it through a worm bin or a digestion system, but I won't want it on my garden, I have enough trouble stopping the cat having a poo there anyway. Really must train it to go next door more often.
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Chez
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I think technically it *does* compost, but takes ages. And it needs to be very efficient hot-compost to kill all the nasties.
I still wouldn't want it on my veg plot (or the roses), even after that.
I'd probably go for burying it. Or having a separate litter disposal hot-compost heap that literally just sat there and didn't get used for anything else.
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dougal
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| toggle wrote: | | guess it's gonna depend what sort of litter you use. The paper or wood ones would compost, I'd just worry that it wouldn't get hot enough to kill off all the nasties in the cat shit |
I don't think the litter itself is any problem at all. Might even be a soil conditioner...
Its the cat's contribution that is the problem. AFAIK specifically because of it being a carnivore, potentially with intestinal parasites. Yuk.
Just a BTW, cat litter is wonderful stuff for gathering up spills - like oil in the garage...
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sara jane goodey
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Don't forget that cat poo can have the toxoplasmosis parasite in it, which can cause intrauterine death of a human foetus, but in general causes lympthadenopathy, and malaise, I would say a big no to trying to recycle it, as the parasite is a resilient little sod.
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dougal
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| sara jane goodey wrote: | | ... but in general causes lympthadenopathy, |
Undoubtedly. But what is it? 
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toggle
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| dougal wrote: | | toggle wrote: | | guess it's gonna depend what sort of litter you use. The paper or wood ones would compost, I'd just worry that it wouldn't get hot enough to kill off all the nasties in the cat shit |
I don't think the litter itself is any problem at all. Might even be a soil conditioner...
Its the cat's contribution that is the problem. AFAIK specifically because of it being a carnivore, potentially with intestinal parasites. Yuk.
Just a BTW, cat litter is wonderful stuff for gathering up spills - like oil in the garage... |
yeah, but you're not going to be able to compost something that is mostly an inorganic product, like the clay based litters, with an organic based litter, you might be able to get it going in a hot composter to kill the nasties in the cat shit, therefore the material used for the litter is relavent.
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sara jane goodey
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spelling a bit wrong,  lymphadenopathy is an enlargement of the lymph nodes, from infective episodes to more serious things like toxoplasmosis and AIDS and HIV.
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cinders
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This may sound completely mad...... don't laugh............ 
i may try it as an experiment
What if i removed all cats poo and washed litter throughly outside (which is clay based) Let it dry in the sun. I could reuse it.
Of course i would have to keep the cats away during this process  
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James
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Its made of bentonite, a type of clay which holds water at a molecular level. If you wash it, it’ll take up SOOO much water, it’ll never work properly again, even if you leave it outside to dry off. I think bentonite needs to be baked at quite a high temperature to remove the water.
When we moved into our house, there was a cat litter mound in the back garden about two feet tall. We levelled it out and put the garden shed on top.
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twiggybranch
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Hiya,
I currently use a flushable cat litter. Keep the litter tray in the corner of the downstairs loo. Whenever I flush I check the litter first for offending deposits, sccoop them and flush them down the loo with my offending stuff! I put the old litter (sans. poo) on the compost heap. It always degrades down with the rest of the pile. I don't grow food at home (got a lottie) & am more than happy for the litter to feed my flowers! I always garden with gloves anyway because I have 3 cats and they bury their stuff in any loose bare bit of soil that they can find.
Of course basic hygiene should always be followed in urban settings because cats will deposit poo on any garden in their territory. I defy any urban gardener to declare their plot cat poo free!!! At least if its composted it's been through some sort of heating / biodegrading process!
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