What Is It?
When owning a pet it is our duty as a pet owner to care for our furry friends and keeping in mind their environmental impact. By adopting eco-friendly practices and using sustainable pet products, we can give our pets a happy and healthy life while minimizing our carbon footprint.
The biggest part of being a sustainable pet owner is being conscious in what you are buying. Do your research into the products you are buying your pets like you would yourself. We are doing more and more every day to minimize our environmental footprint so why don't we do the same for our pets?
Sustainable pet care is an effort by pet owners to limit their pet's environmental impact. In doing so they are purchasing products like toys, food, and waste products that are better for the environment.
Why Should YOU Care?
While although pet's are not out in the world and doing things to affect sustainability there are ways we as pet owners can help their foot print. We are the ones picking up after pets, taking care of their every needs, and buying the products that keep them happy and healthy.
Our pets generate about 64 MILLION tons of carbon dioxide a year(roughly 16 coal fire power plants), and that's only in the US! This issue is correlated to what we are feeding our pets.
A lot of products that are used to care for our pets are made of chemicals that are harmful to the planet when released into landfills and water sources. Other products including pet food, cleaner, and litter also have harmful extraction practices in the