The stuff is quite light weight, which makes it far easier to scoop through the box, and best of all it doesn’t stick the to pan. I absolutely hate having to deal with sticky residue at the bottom of the pan, so I love to death that this doesn’t do that. I scoop twice a day and it takes me less than 60 seconds to do it if I keep up with it. So much less of a chore than with clay litter. It is not as dust free as billed, although when fresh the dust is very low. The dust increases as the litter ages after many days of use and the individual granules begin to break down. Our cats have tracked every litter we’ve ever tried, so I don’t find this too objectionable, and yes there have been a few powdery pawprints left on things, but not too often. Because this litter is expensive I try to stretch its use to a month or more before completely emptying the box and changing it out for fresh. I believe there would be lest dust if I changed it more often, but this is a trade-off that works for us. My parents used pellet-style wheat and pine litters for their kittens, and I didn’t like it at all. Seemed like it took a lot more effort, and the pellets disintegrated into a yucky soggy much. The extra-strength WBCL, which is what we use, stays clumped together very firmly, with a lot less small, soiled particles getting loose in the pan than with other litters.

Regarding composting human and animal waste, there is no reason you can’t do it safely and successfully, however it is best to do some research, learn how to do it right and take appropriate precautions. The Humanure Book is a good place to start. If you decide to compost the litter box waste when using a compostable litter like WBCL, create a dedicated composter that is separate from your main kitchen-garbage composter. Locate it away from stream run-off, in an out of the way place, and plan on letting the composted litter age for a couple of years before using it in landscaping, not food crops. With these precautions, I don’t think you’d be at any more risk than you are already experiencing just by having a litter box in your home and maintaining it. I am also concerned about the reports of toxoplasmosis getting into the streams and affecting sea otters, but if you can prevent such runoff, there is no more risk than with putting it into a landfill. We haven’t yet tried composting it, but I intend to, mainly because it would reduce our garbage so much.

The only time it smelled was if you were right in the vicinity while the cat was using the box, but within moments it simply smelled like pine dust, as if someone had been cutting wood in the basement. The solids are dried by the dust and the liquid waste breaks the pellets down. Simply remove the dust and solids, leaving the remaining pellets and add a few more as they run low.

I am assuming the dust would just come from lumber mills and would be wasted anyways. The tomato plants really love it too!

So, the thought that I could put litter and cat waste right into the toilet was exciting. This litter was exciting to my cat, to0… she ate it. Thankfully, I had cleaned the litter box before Madame chowed down.

Our cat was a stray and has “food issues”. When she came to us, she was starting down a bony road. Every litter I’ve tried made out of what could be in cat kibble (corn, wheat), she’s eaten.

We’re now using a clumping pine litter that can go into the septic tank. Still not perfect, as our cats track it everywhere. We also end up with little litter/urine (hopefully not feces!) balls in the box after scooping.

ProductNonUser: It’s never a good idea to put human (omnivorous) or cat (carnivorous) waste in your compost.

This morning, disaster! I opened a new bag of “The World’s Best Cat Litter” and a moth flew out! There were more in the bag, plus some tiny critters (whatever moths were before they got wings?). I took the bag back to my pet store, and they replaced it. But I’m reluctant to use the replacement; a friend told me that this happened because the litter is corn-based. Maybe I’ll switch back to clay-based litter.