We’ve all been there—reaching for those pesky plastic bags in a pinch to pick up after our pups. But the global use of plastic bags—reaching up to a trillion a year!—isn’t doing the environment any favors. While most plastic bags end up in landfills, where scientists estimate it takes up to 1,000 years to break them down, millions still end up polluting our waterways, trees, and oceans. Even the seemingly sensible alternative—the trusty ol’ sandwich and small wastebasket bags—aren’t any better, since they’re made of an even thicker plastic that requires more petrochemicals to manufacture. Earth Rated’s biodegradable Poop Bags are here to the rescue, dissolving into CO2 and H2O (carbon dioxide and water!) in just 18 months!