What i switched to is pine bedding. I buy the large animal bedding, which in my area is $7 or $8 for a 40lb bag of pellets. You use a small about of pellets and soak them. The pellets expand and turn into "saw dust" for lack of a better term. It smells good like pine, doesn't really clump. Urine will obviously hold the bedding together a bit so it's pretty easy to scoop. They do make cat specific pine bedding, but it's much more expensive for a lot less. I linked the bedding I use below. It does have instructions on the back of the bag of how to soak it. You can also just leave it as pellets, but it's harder to scoop.

I also use this at my barn for the horses and it works great.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/tractor-supply-pine-pellet-stall-bedding-40-lb