I came across a website today that I thought was interesting.  The name of it is Green Living Tips.

I guess what caught me was an article entitled Composting Human Waste.  I think I’ve got quite a bit of er… evolving to do before I seriously consider that option.

For you more advanced green individuals, take a read.  If nothing else, it makes you go hmmmmm……

(Given the contents of this post, I think it’s better that I forgo adding an image to enhance the experience.)

I’m not quite sure, but the Bio Bag might be the solution to one of my composting problems.

If you’ve read any of the earlier posts on this blog you’ll know that I’m a proponent of composting, but have a few logistical issues to iron out. One such issue is collecting all of the lovely household waste.

I used to collect the waste in a lidded container. When it got full, I’d cart it out to the compost bin, open the lid and dump it out. The problem was I would get dizzy from holding my breath in an attempt to avoid the less than aromatic odor that opening the lid would release. Even the dog had to back up a tad when I opened the lid (this from the mutt who sleeps with his nose on his derriere).

Reading about the biodegradable bags raised a glimmer of hope. These bags are perfect for holding compostable household and yard waste. The beauty of Bio Bags is that once you fill it up, you don’t have to open it to dump the contents. The bag is biodegradable and will decompose on its own. What a great concept (Download their technical specs).

Bio Bags come in various sizes ranging from 2 gallons, 13 gallons to 33 gallons (with a few additional sizes in between). They even have kitty pan liner bio bags and doggie pick up the poop bio bags (not the technical name, but you understand what each bio bag does).

I’m starting small. I ordered the 3 gallon size bags. If they do well, maybe I’ll get the larger ones. After all living green is about making one small green step at a time. Today is a 3 gallon step…tomorrow who knows…

It’s been quite a few years since my kids were in diapers, but I came across this site that I’d like to share with you. It caught my eye because they offer flushable diapers.

If you can’t flush, you can put them in your compost pile because they purportedly break down in 50 to 150 days. That’s a far cry from the 500 years it takes to break down ordinary diapers. I wrote an article about them on my Tidbits & Stuff site.

Visit their website www.gdiapers.com and be sure to click on the video that gives instructions on how to flush the diaper.

I’ll have to store this one away and pull it out when I become a grandmother (hopefully I’ll remember where I stored it).