Paper, er, I mean biodegradable or plastic?

The Ideal Bite email newsletter today brought up the issue of what we, as dog owners, use to scoop up their poop.

If 10,000 dog owners switched to biodegradable bags or a scoop, we'll avoid the use of over 18 million plastic bags every year. That's a lot of plastic bags.

I know a local off-leash dog park that I go to provides bags like the ones you see in the grocery store for produce. It's great that they provide these - but next time, I'm bringing my own biodegradable bags.

I did a quick search and here are 3 possibilities:

• BioBag Dog Waste Bags


• Spike's Biodegradable Business Bags (made from corn)


• Dispoz-A-Scoop The Dog Walker's Pooper Scooper (available at Petco)