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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: net.pets,net.garden
Subject: Re: Kitty poop in compost heap summary, and flame
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 23:59:01 EST
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> I got LOTS of responses telling me not to put kitty litter in the compost
> heap.  This, believe it or not, is just a small summary, along with one
> other note:
> ... 
> > ... the litter you use for her box functions by drying the fecal
> > matter. This is like little non-biodegradable rocks. A sewage engineer
> > at an SCA event scolded me for placing the little morsels in the bowl
> > intended for humans. They apparently block screens and sewage control
> > equipment that is inteded to clean heavy nasties from the H2O.
> ... 

	If that doesn't beat all for being the stupidest thing that an alleged
`engineer' has ever said!  I might be a little concerned about blocking my
indoor plumbing if a whole litterbox were dumped in the toilet, but mere
litterbox `gleanings' sure as hell ain't gonna hurt a multi-MGD sewage treatment
plant!  Even if *LOTS* of people starting flushing their litterbox gleanings... 

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