My bag of cat litter says it’s made entirely from corn and is safe to flush, but I have this recollection (no cite, just floating around the back of my head) that cat waste is bad for sewer systems.
Am I remembering something correctly, or is it safe for me to flush this stuff?
Are you talking about dumping the entire litter box into the toilet, or just a scooper of kitty poop from time to time? I scoop the poop out my cat’s box and flush it, but when I change the litter, I bag it up and put it in the trash. I wouldn’t recommend flushing an entire boxful of litter.
As far as I know, poo is poo. If you scoop the litter box and want to flush the scoopings (“panning for nuggets”, as Mr. SCL says) I don’t see a problem. I wouldn’t recommend dumping an entire bag of litter down the john.
I’m just talking about the daily “panning for nuggets.” I’m mainly trying to avoid the trash-smelling-like-shit problem that arises from putting cat waste in it and not taking it out for several days.
But see,
From your home town: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003510329_oceans05.html
Don’t flush clay, but what about corn litter? Anyone know if corn litter decomposes well enough for septic systems?
The simple way to avoid trash stink from cat scat is to scoop the poop into a ziplock bag before disposing of it. We keep a pile of used bags on the counter for just such purposes. Neat, quick and odorless.
You’re starting to sound like the Anal-Retentive Carpenter.
(Not that you’ve got a bad idea, but down that path lies madness.)
I use Arm & Hammer’s Easy Flush litter. The directions say you can flush both “clumps and solids.” And I do. (I don’t have a septic system, and the directions also say not to use flushable litter if you do.)
You probably heard about how flushing cat litter may be a source of toxoplasmosis in sea otters.
Right, and since the OP’s stuff flows into the Pacific, cat scat should not be flushed.
Just bag it and freeze it until garbage day gags
Your kids must be real popular when trading lunches at school. 
Others only ask to trade once. 
Seriously, that’s why I said “used” bags. If I take that bagged half-onion out to use in a recipe, I can either throw the ziplock bag away, or use it for something else. Since I don’t want to put other food in it, used cat food becomes the contents of choice. Just my way of being a tiny bit green.
That’s interesting, and good to know. In my case, however, don’t think there are too many of them in Arizona.
For that, I salute you. 
I take anything smelly directly to the outside rubbish bin, that way you don’t smell it every time you open the lid to the indoor garbage can.
Jake4- great obscure reference.
I have a friend who bought a diaper genie for his “nuggets” as some have put it. It sits beside his cat box and when he scoops, he just puts it in the genie, gives it a twist, and no more smell. Don’t know if you want this kind of investment, seems used zip lock bags would be a helluva lot cheaper. Just MHO.
Oh, and silenus, your “used cat food” comment almost had me in tears. Very good.
Thank you for this information - I didn’t know this and will make sure none of my friends flush cat waste anymore. We live off the Chattahoochee River so we would be a potential threat.
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