tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post8196622289493708983..comments2023-09-07T15:35:59.964+01:00Comments on The Compost Bin: Why not use cans?Compostwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-49272305045197882242010-08-02T20:02:55.751+01:002010-08-02T20:02:55.751+01:00here in the US, we do have kitten food offered in ...here in the US, we do have kitten food offered in recyclable cans. But I prefer dry food (as this is my indoor city-dwelling cats sole nourishment) to reduce/prevent future dental problems.<br />Canned food is a "treat" offered to my kits when my boyfriend gets soft. :)Elaine Egannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-86340796519282130222008-10-23T00:39:00.000+01:002008-10-23T00:39:00.000+01:00HDR, if you mean your dog is in its last few month...HDR, if you mean your dog is in its last few months/years, then I understand completely..we did exactly the same with beloved MontyPuss...we bought/cooked ANYTHING if we thought it would tempt him to eat and thus get a tiny bit stronger and stay with us a little bit longer...<BR/><BR/>We do what we do........beloved pets are just that..beloved....Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-69624896403577066162008-10-21T19:56:00.000+01:002008-10-21T19:56:00.000+01:00Funny, you say you feel bad about the luxury cat f...Funny, you say you feel bad about the luxury cat food. How about feeding your dog fresh spring salmon and fresh free range chicken jerky? Alas, I know she's not going to die from the god-knows-what is in the pet food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-29863491618556648392008-10-21T09:15:00.000+01:002008-10-21T09:15:00.000+01:00This is really interesting stuff, and yes, whilst ...This is really interesting stuff, and yes, whilst the subject will always be controversial, at least we're all talking about it.<BR/><BR/>I will admit to being rather cynical at times about the whole recycling issue - not because I think it's a bad idea (our family has recycled for years, even tho we've only just got kerbside collection here), but because of the fact that councils do Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704065088967190856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-8500380329197115382008-10-21T03:29:00.000+01:002008-10-21T03:29:00.000+01:00After one attempt to get all the food out of a pou...After one attempt to get all the food out of a pouch I knew I wouldn't be buying those again!tpalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646231041413714929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-38374735525610945122008-10-19T21:07:00.000+01:002008-10-19T21:07:00.000+01:00Hot belly mama hello! Jo, Aromatic, Slice of Life,...Hot belly mama hello! Jo, Aromatic, Slice of Life, thank you for your comments....<BR/><BR/>I managed to find some cat food in foil trays today as well as cans....I am going to write and complain about this as I was SO incensed that my landfill waste bag got SO MUCH fuller, just because of the wretched pouches! <BR/><BR/>And a few shops where I asked about food in cans said " oh peopleprefer the Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-89630372777583121862008-10-19T21:01:00.000+01:002008-10-19T21:01:00.000+01:00Wow! That got me some responses!gsw, I don't think...Wow! That got me some responses!<BR/><BR/>gsw, I don't think your response was trollish...BUT I do take issue with some of your figures, which have a direct impact on the figures you get too, later in your response.<BR/><BR/>With cat food in a can, the can is 11.55% of the total weight.<BR/><BR/>An individual pouch weighs 5g with 100g nett of meat, so a pouch BY ITSELF is 5% packaging compared Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-62527787771756499962008-10-19T14:42:00.000+01:002008-10-19T14:42:00.000+01:00Interesting post: I was trying to work out how muc...Interesting post: I was trying to work out how much the weight difference accounts for, since obviously the cat food has to be transported. After weighing some empty tins (ready for recycling!) and some research on the web I came up with the following:<BR/><BR/>Sales of prepared catfood in uk in 2007:465,000tonnes<BR/>Sales of wet cat food (I couldn't find a weight figure for this: estimate 50%?)gswhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454387981405628225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-81908454654784117402008-10-19T12:33:00.000+01:002008-10-19T12:33:00.000+01:00Loved this post. we are lucky enough to have kerbs...Loved this post. we are lucky enough to have kerbside recycling. I am very pleased to report that for a wwhile my nelighbours did not put any of the boxes out. slowly I have seen every house in our street and on the way to work put there boxesout. <BR/><BR/>It just shows you that when a council offer it, people will use it. Although, I will say it is like reading manual for flying the starshipSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809314184012834659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-3656801514746666722008-10-19T11:07:00.000+01:002008-10-19T11:07:00.000+01:00We are lucky enough to have kerbside collections f...We are lucky enough to have kerbside collections for recycling so that is a great help. By the time I have filled the recycling bin and used what I can for composting the actual rubbish I put out each week for 'landfill' is very little so seem to have that under control. I do however agree with you about the cat food sachets and kitten foods. I know in my parents day the pets were fed the food aromatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447370086320779186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-20638734337829861522008-10-19T10:33:00.000+01:002008-10-19T10:33:00.000+01:00Eve I agree! Thats another reason why we don't buy...Eve I agree! Thats another reason why we don't buy it, I don't remember getting any kitten food 20 years ago? And as for "Cat milk", why not just NOT give them milk at all? We are the only species who continues to drink milk as adults ( and not from our own species at that!) so why on earth , once an animal has been weaned by its mother, do we think it needs milk?<BR/><BR/>Cats and dogs as child Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-14762114228880258132008-10-19T06:42:00.000+01:002008-10-19T06:42:00.000+01:00You could always reuse the pouches as kitten toys ...You could always reuse the pouches as kitten toys and then as chicken mobiles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-43131005544165193342008-10-19T03:28:00.000+01:002008-10-19T03:28:00.000+01:00What a great blog! They say you can tell a societ...What a great blog! They say you can tell a society by how they treat their animals. I am not really sure what it means that we spoil certain animals and inhumanely house and slaughter others. <BR/><BR/>My husband and I are already trying to figure out how we're going to sort our trash (we'll be doing dump/recyle runs too). I'll let him manage that... all I really want to do is man the burn The Three Little Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293720770115453987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-35506673110176375422008-10-19T02:00:00.000+01:002008-10-19T02:00:00.000+01:00But don't you think "kitten food" is a marketing p...But don't you think "kitten food" is a marketing ploy in itself? What did we feed kittens before kitten food. I just buy the pet food meat from the butcher and supplement it with raw eggs from my chooks. <BR/><BR/>I think "Kitten food" like "toddler milk" is an invention by marketers, and a very clever one.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458081623112798378noreply@blogger.com