Greening the Pet Industry
Get Smart PetSmart!
I have contacted PetSmart twice to ask what they were doing to be more eco-friendly. A month later, I’m still waiting for an answer. The first time, I called their 1-800 number and asked if their house brand, Exquisicat, was going to start making litter boxes from recycled recycled plastic since Petmate already does [...]
Day 16: Let’s Green this Pet Catalogue Company — The 30-Day Green Cat Challenge
There’s been an update to this post, please see Day 18 of the 30-Day Green Cat Challenge.
Junk mail seems to never stop. As soon as a catalogue arrives, I set it by the phone to call the 1-800 number to request that my name is removed from their mailing list. The other day, [...]
Day 14: Shop Local Businesses for Eco-friendly Cat Products — The 30-Day Green Cat Challenge
If you read Day 13 of the 30-Day Green Cat Challenge, you’ll know that after spending about an hour looking for online pet stores devoted to selling eco-friendly cat products, I didn’t find too many options. I couldn’t find a single store that was exclusively for cats, featured only green, natural or sustainable products [...]
Day 1: Contact Your Cat Food Company
The 30-Day Green Cat Challenge
Food is a very complicated subject, yet one that is worth the effort because your cat eats every day. Assuming a cat eats 4 oz. of cat food per day, multiplied by 365 days and that’s 91.25 pounds of cat food a year. Multiply that by 60 million cats (number of [...]





