![]() As much as nothing is perfect, doing every little bit to help, by doing your best, is something to consider. Unfortunately, these cat litter varieties are also among the most-purchased ones due to their customizability and long-lasting nature. These are non-biodegradable and can be dangerous if exposed to the environment. For example, Canada Public Health offers "The Scoop on Poop" and in Toronto, it can go in our Green Bin. All the cat litter types we talked about earlier in the article are biodegradable, except for clay and silica gel cat litters. The best thing to do would probably be to check your local waste-management or Public Health website, and see what they recommend. There are a whole lot of feral cats around here anyway, another one that I feed who won't let me near him, so as I said - nothing is perfect when it comes to cat poop. Though my formerly-feral cat rescued by my MIL from a colony spends part of his time outside, he uses his litter box a time or two daily, so that that I don't think he's frequently polluting our neighbours' gardens. We all do the best we can - but because it affects the world at large, I try to consider what is best practice for the community rather than what I'd prefer myself. The horror stories are still there, branded into my brain, and now I can qualify my own infrequent toilet abuses with "Well, I'm not flushing dentures and small animals." There are other concerns with silica litter that are significantly larger issues in regard to your cat's health, which are easily found with the Googles (as many as there are with certain clumping litters containing silica, and clay) - and HuronBob is right that " wastewater treatment facilities are not designed to address toxoplasma." but for those of us who have to deal with cat feces, there are no perfect solutions. This type of litter is designed to absorb moisture and odor-causing substances. I spent a lovely evening having drinks with a group of friends, one of whom worked in a waste treatment facility here in Toronto. Clay-based cat litter is made up of clay particles mixed into a base material such as sawdust or wood chips. In other words, not safely, but it's what's done. So, if your question is about damaging your plumbing, you can safely flush it as much as others flush clay litter or other litters or small plastic things or tampon inserts or other odd things from time to time with results that can be predicted, but not guaranteed. Silica cat litters are very long-lasting, highly absorbent (non-clumping) hygienic sodium silicate litters They contain millions of ultra-absorbent. Once a cabbage leaf caused a week's worth of trouble because I thought it would biodegrade faster. I'm personally responsible, for example, for one Polly Pocket that I really, really didn't want to fish out. Well, to answer your question specifically, it is probably no worse than a kajillion other things that get flushed down the toilet that shouldn't be. ![]()
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