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Composting clay based cat litter. Is it doable? It will stay in a compost pile for at least a year, together with humanure and kitchen scraps.
The soil here is very rocky, every bit of organic material is needed
 
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We talked about it just a little bit over here: https://permies.com/t/210547/bentonite-cat-litter
 
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Personally, I wouldn't. Bentonite clay is messy stuff, even diluted, and I couldn't guarantee hot enough temperatures to kill disease bearing organisms.

Have you looked at other options for cat litter? I used a mix of dry sawdust and dried out garden soil for years, building it up until the box was full. It partially composted in situ and there was no smell. I would then put it on piles in my young shelterbelt to let the composting finish and feed the soil/trees. Not suitable for the garden though.
 
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It takes forever for the used litter to break down.

I like the trench method of composting for used litter.

Bury it and forget about it in an unused corner of the yard away from veggie gardens.

Over in the Cat Forum, there has been talk of solutions for alternative cat litter.  Since this does not come under the hat that I wear I leave that up to dear hubby.

Our daughter's solution was to get one of those fancy units that goes in the bathroom and is hooked up to water.  Other folks teach their cat to use the toilet.
 
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