Experimenting with making cat litter out of biodegradable newspaper. It was pretty easy. Found a large strainer out on trash day.
- Cut or shred recycled newspaper into ribbons.(above)
- Soak in water with a little biodegradable soap
- Strain and soak in plain water.
- Sprinkle with baking soda and squeeze out water.
Let air dry for several days. I’ll report back on how it worked. :-D
Eventually, I’d like to compost with mycoremediation for non-crop plants.
What’s the function of the baking soda? Disinfectant?
Probably odor control.
how will the ink react to cat urine? Or does it wash off when you soak the paper in soap water?
A lot of it washes off with the soap. I’'ll let you know once it’s dry and I can test it.
good luck
lol our cats name is Kiki. Maybe he really wants this type of littler if he is posting here haha.
lol. Try it and see!
Pretty cool. Looking forward to the result.
Me too! I hope it works, but if not I have some other ideas for biodegradable litter.
Looking forward to your testing! Litter is expensive and newspaper is cheap (free!)
Are you likely to have enough newspapers to keep up with demand?
Yes, pretty much everything is recycled / reused in the indigenous village that I live in. I bought a big roll of unsold old newspapers for less than $1 and used only a small part for the first batch. They sell them in most of the tiendas to wrap stuff up with. If I were still in the US, I would just go to a county recycle bin and get a big pile for free.
Oh that’s handy!
