True Green
So What Makes a Product ‘Green’?
Most agree that using recycled materials (like our ECO Unit) constitutes a green product. While using recycled materials is great, it’s only part of the story. It has become the norm to buy cheap throw-away, land-fill clogging products. If a product is cheap enough, why worry about how long it will last – just buy another one!  And if a product malfunctions or breaks, forget about repairing it – products are rarely designed for repair.
If manufacturers want to be ‘green’, they also have to make quality products that last.  Products also need to be designed for repair and disassembly at the end of their useful life for recycling. This does not necessarily mean that products have to cost more. Often, a simple design change can prevent failure and then a consequent trip to the garbage can.  Just imagine the energy and material savings achieved if products lasted longer? While this philosophy may be in conflict with what some consider economic ‘progress’, the throw-away product model is not sustainable in the long run.
Let’s build clever, durable products, allowing for repair if necessary – and recycling at end of life. Â That’s what we call GREEN!
Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 at 16:30
how do you reduce the impact- we reuse the package for garbage that the food comes in, and if we get cans we recycle- my dogs have a filter hooked out to the back hose to lick and get water like a water fountain to cut down on waste of water. We also recycle their poopie into the garden area.
Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 at 9:49
I recycle the aluminum pet food cans and paper bags the dry food comes in. I also reuse the plastic grocery bags when I clean the litter boxes. Thanks for the chance – this looks awesome!
Thursday, 21 May, 2009 at 22:28
We use corn-based kitty litter and recycle all paper products. We are going to begin recycling aluminum cans this weekend. We also use a water fountain to keep the water fresher longer.
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 at 9:18
Whenever we take the cat for a “walk”, she seems
to always have to go poops. We go to the beach,
and there are biodegradable waste bags at several
locations. We pick up and toss in the receptacle
provided, and feel good knowing that it will be
disposed of in a green way.
We use recycled bags for disposal of the litter in
our Litter Robot. We are looking for more ways to
go green in all areas of our life.
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 at 9:37
My wife and I have a “fund” set up at the local humane society’s spay/neuter clinic to help anyone in our community to spay and neuter their pet. We had a tremendous amount of strays and ferals at one time and we have worked to cut down on the overpopulation in our area.
We also reuse the plastic bags and use the big dog/cat food bags to throw out our cat litter since it contains the smell. We also put that large food bag in a diapergenie to keep the smell contained.
We enjoy your product very much!
Thank you for the opportunity to do this!
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 at 15:40
My cat Julius and I help the environment by recycling cat food cans and paper bags cat food comes in. We also recycle the boxes his litter comes in. We do our best to unplug any appliances when we are not using them and turn off lights when not in that room. We also open the windows to get cooler air at night rather than run the AC. We are very excited about this opportunity and would be very grateful to win a litter-robot! Best of luck to everyone! =)[img]C:\Documents and Settings\vsmith\Desktop\.jpeg[/img]