[USCC] Dog and cat litter composting/ handling

[Will Brinton]

Ray

Woods End designed the Greyhound raceway composting process that was quite successful in the 80's 
outside of the Bronx, NY- this partly lead the Bronx Frontier Development Corp under the capable 
leadership of Detective Jack Flanagan to develop the "Zoo Doo" process with Woods End, 
that ultimately spread to San Francisco and other cities in the USA. 

There was never any issues with pathogens in the finished product that I recall, and Dr. Droffner carefully
checked it. Anyway, why do some think dogs and cats are somehow so much worse than any other animal,
whether monkey, tiger, elephant or cow (all of which were in the Zoo Doo compost). Further, readers should
ask where are  the 9.5-million tons/year of dog poop deposited  in USA going anyway - well, a lot of it is
 in your lawn sweepings and trimmings that are going to (some) green composters, and no one has noticed an
issue (other than that fresh green compost presently has as much E. coli as does fresh manure compost).

I am surprised you didn't see or hear all the media this past year about turning dog poop into energy via
biogas, which Woods End is  working on with Norcal Waste Systems, SF and UC Davis. Our trials show the energy content
of dog waste- on account of the rich fatty diet and parsimonious digestive system- is very high. Humboldt University in Berlin
started a project in 2006 to make biogas out of dog poop.

National Geographic on-line did a story on this (Google: dog poop biogas). Its probably a better approach
than composting is, and acknowledging the concern some have about pet litter compost, safer too in that
another barrier is in between the product and the end-use

William Brinton
Woods End Laboratories, Inc.
www.woodsend.org
www.solvita.com


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>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of Ray Hays
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:58 AM
>To: compost at mailman.cloudnet.com
>Subject: [USCC] Dog and Cat Waste Composting
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>My company will launch a pet waste disposal company. Our main focus will be
>on dog waste cleanup ("poop scooping"). I am disappointed that this pet
>waste usually ends up in landfills.
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>  We are seeking a commercially viable solution to "recycling" dog waste
>through composting and selling it to landscaping companies. My research
>indicates that dog waste cannot be used for compost that is used on food
>crops or vegetable gardens, but I am hoping to use it for non-food plants.
>Our collection might be in the range of 25-50 gallons of doggy doo a day.
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>  Can anyone provide insight or research on composting pet waste?
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>  Thanks in advance.
>  Ray Hays
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William F Brinton jr President
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