These Are The Best Cat Litter Bags for Sealing Away Your Cat’s Messes (2024)

Updated on 11/04/23

Our Top Picks

Boxiecat Scoop & Tie Cat Litter Waste Bags are durable—we’ve filled them to the brim without a tear. This makes them excellent for handling wet waste, with no leaks in our testing. They also have handles, which makes carrying and tying them up easier. Each bag is individually separated, rather than being on a roll, so there’s no risk of ripping or bad perforations.

We’ve tried them and found them suitable for regular scooping with two cats. While the opening is large enough for most scoops, they’re not deep enough to hold several days of waste. Instead, these bags are best for people who keep up regular maintenance of their litter box.

Boxiecat’s litter waste bags are affordable and easy to dispense too—the box has a perforated opening similar to a tissue box.

_{Dimensions: 7 x 13.5 inches | Material: Plastic | Scent: Unscented}

BOS is a Japanese company that makes different kinds of odor sealing bags, with options for babies, dogs, cats, and general use. Their specialization makes sense as these bags have some of the better odor sealing capacity of any bags that we evaluated.

Like our top pick, they’re individually dispensed in the box, so no dealing with annoying rolls. However, unlike our top pick, they don’t have tie-off handles, so if you overfill them they become difficult to knot. They’re also more expensive than our top choice.

_{Dimensions: 11.8 × 15.7 inches | Material: Plastic | Scent: Unscented}

The beyondGREEN Certified Biopolymer Cat Litter Pick-Up Bags are made from a plant-derived biopolymer, making them highly biodegradable. While some “compostable” pet waste bags adhere to standards like ASTM D6400, they typically require composting at special facilities that aren’t widely accessible for most people. The beyondGREEN bags are also “OK Compost Home” certified by Austrian testing company TÜV, which sets standards for home compostability throughout Europe.

Compostable bags are typically more expensive than plastic litter bags, and may also degrade over time—so you may want to avoid bulk buys, so that you don’t have these bags in long-term storage before use.

The beyondGREEN waste bags are unscented, with easy-tie handles, and are available in two sizes.

_{Dimensions: 13 x 16 inches (regular), 17 x 20 (large) | Material: Plant-based biopolymer | Scent: Unscented}

Bilibara Cat Litter Bags have many of our favorite qualities, including easy-tie handles and a leak-proof thickness, plus they have a faint baby powder scent to further cover about noxious odors. The scent is mild, and doesn’t feel as strong or artificial as some scented products do.

At 15 by 13 inches, these bags should be large enough to handle a multi-cat household, as long as you’re regular about litter box maintenance.

_{Dimensions: 15 x 13 inches | Material: Plastic | Scent: Baby Powder}

Another way to handle litter is lining the litter box with a larger bag, when it is time to clean you can just remove the bag and dump the litter. This generally will not replace daily scooping, but depending on your set up, might be a better solution for you.Each bag is 36 x 18 inches and the Jonny Cat Litter Box liners have a drawstring, so they can tighten to fit most boxes. They’re also extremely durable.

Though more expensive than litter bags, these box liners are affordable compared to other options of their size. In addition to helping with litter box fit the drawstrings are very useful in cleaning up.

Dimensions: 36 x 18 inches | Material: Plastic | Scent: Unscented

Final Verdict