Dogs may not be immediately concerned with saving the earth but today’s dog owners should find themselves engaging in “Green Responsibility” and choosing biodegradable/eco-friendly pet products.
Going green isn’t just for people. Dogs as well as dog owners can help protect the environment we all share. With health concerns like cancer and environmental issues such as pollution, climate change, global warming, land degradation, ozone depletion, resource depletion, and waste disposal plaguing the earth, concerned citizens are making the effort to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Many of these concerned citizens are dog owners.
According to the American Pet Product Manufacturers Association, there were 74.8 million dogs listed in the National Pet Owners Survey of 2008-2009. That many dogs can make a significant impact on the environment. It only makes sense that pet owners include their furry family members in lifestyle changes that protect health and the planet we live on. A few tips can have dogs happily going green.
- Have pets spayed or neutered. Pet overpopulation takes up valuable resources and contributes to pollution.
- Adopt pets from a shelter. Those who want a specific breed can find just what they’re looking for at a breed rescue.
- Pick up after the dog, using paper or biodegradable poop bags. Never use plastic which does not break down in the landfill.
- Feed dogs organic pet food that is free of hormones and chemicals that may be toxic to the canine body.
- Recycle household materials for bedding. Some of the family’s old blankets or towels work well as do old pillow slips stuffed with foam packaging peanuts.
- Pay attention to packaging of pet items. Recycled, biodegradable, or none is best.
- Use shampoos and other grooming products that are free of phosphates, sulfates, and other chemicals that can be harmful to the environment.
While many dog owners are responsible, many still do not clear up their dog’s mess which can be a problem to others. When the shear numbers of dogs are taken into account, we can see the potential scale of the problem in various regions:
- 4 million tons – It is estimated that dog owners do not collect over 4 million tons of dog waste annually.
- There are an estimated 66 million dogs in the USA
Reasons to pick it up? Let’s see below:
“I don’t understand why people don’t pick up their own dog’s poop. It’s not right! In order to have a clean park for you, your pet and other community members to enjoy, it needs to be clean! You should always pick up your dog’s poop, especially when poop bags are readily available at the park.”—-quote from a responsible pet owner
1. For reasons of good hygiene, risks to human health and to comply with many laws related to dog fowling.
2. Many world Governments are reducing the use of plastic bags as they can be harmful to the environment. As a result, many shops and retailers no longer provide free plastic bags, and some companies charge money for plastic bags.
3. 20-30% of all pollutants in waterways attributed to dog waste – Pollutants originating from rainwater run-off via sewer systems, and dogs pooping near watersheds or
beaches. Overall, it is believed dog waste is third or fourth on the list of contributors to bacteria in contaminated waters.
4. 4th highest generated waste – Plastics are the fourth highest generated waste in the U.S., originate from petroleum which is non-renewable, do not biodegrade, and take hundred of years to break down naturally.
5. Plastics are the least recycled with a 6.9% recovery rate. In 2006, the U.S. produced 29.5 million tons of plastic and only recycled 2.04 tons.
Above are already quite a few reasons why you should use dog poop bag (it is even better to use biodegradable ones)
SHIT HAPPENS — but we are prepared to wrap it up 
J-Trend offers good range of quality biodegradable dog poop bags (we are not compostable;not made from crops/corn) in nicely designed retail packaging. They are the most hygienic and enviornmental-friendly bag to manage any unexpected dog wastes. 200 bags/roll
13′ long x 8′ wide
0.7 Mil Thickness
OXO-BIODEGRADABLE formula (by d2w)
Made with recycled content
Packed dispenser box for used for Standard Pet Station
We are confident to provide value-added biodegradable dog poop products upon your market requirement.
If you ever consider to add/convert /replace your current ordinary plastic dog poop bags to biodegradable ones, please kindly consider our expertise. We are ASTM 6954 approved and we are the authorized distributor of d2w additives (proven solution to make the plastic biodegradable thus eco-friendly) from Symphony Environmental (www.d2w.net)
Oh reminders: responsible pet owner knows to pick up after a dog, and there are still plenty of signs around reminding us all the time! When trying to live a little more green, opting for those biodegradable bags is a great start, but what about composting the waste afterwards? We can talk about this soon in the next Blog article.
Lastly, environmental experts, who are concerned about toxins, pollution and waste filling our rivers, trees, air, and food, are urging pet owners to adopt lifestyle changes to conserve the earth’s natural resources. We are talking worldwide! 
*Sources:
http://waste-reduction.suite101.com/article.cfm/help_your_dog_go_green
http://www.petsugar.com/Pet-Peeves-Children-Sticking-Hands-My-Dogs-Face-1797235
J-Trend Systems Co. Ltd is the only authorized d2w distributor in Asia (Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea) aim to covert ordinary plastic to degradable & controlled-life plastic to provide value-added plastics that is based on the most commercial viable and cost-competitive technology.
*Oxo-biodegradable plastic technology provides the safest, most cost-effective method of degrading plastic, with control over the degradation time. d2wTM controlled-life plastic are products with proven oxo-biodegradable technology. Before d2wTM oxo-biodegradable plastic starts to degrade, it is as good as ordinary plastic for strength, sealability, printability, and clarity; when it starts to degrade, it does not release methane or toxicity – withouting causing harm and disposal problem to the environment.”
The real impact of plastic bag litter affects wildlife both in the marine environment and in rural areas. Tens of thousands of whales, birds, seals and turtles are killed every year from plastic bag litter in the marine environment as they often mistake plastic bags for food such as jellyfish. Plastic bags, once ingested, cannot be digested or passed by an animal so it stays in their stomachs. Plastic in an animal’s digestive tract can prevent food digestion and can lead to a very slow and painful death. In the case of biodegradable plastic bags, the bags would disolve in water after a short time, while those bags that would be swallowed by marine animals, the animals’ digestive fluids would dissolve the biodegradable plant additive, therefore breaking the bag up into little pieces, which the animal could later pass naturally. As plastic bags can take up to 1000 years to break down, once an animal dies and decays after ingesting plastic, the plastic is then freed back into the marine environment to carry on killing other wildlife! Turtles have also been rescued with plastic bags lodged in their throat – and part of the bag hanging out of their mouth. The turtle pictured above was found and rescued by a senior staff member of Melbourne (Australia) Zoo while they were out doing fieldwork.
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