A university student is asking dog owners for information on the topic of dog poop and effects on the environment as well as human health. What do dog owners think? Please feel free to share
A video of this webinar is now available for viewing! Learn about the set up and operation of a system for repurposing dog manure in an outdoor space with access to water. The system can
There are over 40 Dog Waste Only red bins strategically located throughout the City. All bins are emptied weekly and taken to the wastewater treatment plant for safe disposal. https://www.cnv.org/City-Services/Garbage-Recycling-and-Green-Can/Dog-Waste-Program
The City of Burnside is one of Adelaide’s oldest residential areas and has installed four Doggie Dunnies in popular dog walking areas. These bins are specifically designed for the disposal of dog waste in compostable bags.
Forty-one percent of Canadian households are home to 8.2 million dogs. So where does all that poo go? Dozens of communities in seven Canadian provinces accept pet waste for composting. Some municipalities include pet poop
An Australia survey of dog owners in 2020 showed that 83% think it is extremely or very important to reduce the amount of dog poo sent to land fill. This brochure above outlines a range
The Township of Langley in British Columbia makes it easy for park visitors to sort their waste by providing multi-stream bins. Many receptacles offer specific dog waste sections to collect pet waste for processing at
This table provides an estimate of how much dog poop could be nourishing Aussie soils to regenerate our environment, instead of being treated as waste and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions when buried in landfill. Dog
A pilot project that put special “dog poop” sections into litter bins has been so successful that the city is expanding into the third and final phase with 62 more receptacles in new locations. That’s
Pets and the Pandemic: a social research snapshot of pets and people in the COVID-19 era Animal Medicines Australia say pet ownership is now at record levels in Australia. This research reports the increase in
Four years ago, Myles Stubblefield was a dog trainer with a problem. “Dog poop. When you have a dog training business and have 16 dogs running around at any point, it can really pile up.
Sorting is the key to successful recycling in the Town and County of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where the mandatory program was established in of 1996. The Material Recovery Facility (MRF) accepts un-bagged pet waste with other
After five months of active participation by Battery Park City’s many four-legged friends across the neighborhood’s three dog runs, BPCA filled its first Earth Cube composter with approximately 1.4 cubic yards of waste. Battery Park
Here is a new sticker on the bin at the local dog park, helping people to get their dog poo in compostable bags to a compost system, instead of via the landfill bin! More information
Bayside Council has been trialling worm farms to digest dog poo onsite at various enclosed off-lead dog areas in their region. This Council is in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Learn more about the
No fanfare. No drama. Ahead of the curve. Colchester Waste Resource Management in Nova Scotia has been accepting pet waste and litter along with other organics as part of its green bin composting program since
Using her own ‘research assistant’, Bailey, and the poo of hundreds of dogs from day care, PhD candidate Emily Bryson has been studying the breakdown of dangerous pathogens in different compost temperatures, even using worm
In early 2020, a dog park in South Australia trialed a Doggie Dunnie waste bin for 12 weeks. The Doggie Dunnie is a dog waste bin designed and made in Western Australia for the clean
Can cat waste be composted the same as dog waste? For the most part, yes. The big difference is that dog waste is mostly collected in plastic pick-up bags while cat waste is comingled with
A trial to provide compostable bags and a dog waste pick up service to a compost contractor has resulted in a permanent arrangement at two dog parks in an Adelaide foothills council. The trial showed
In the U.S. there are no restrictions on how dog daycares, animal shelters and scooper services dispose of the tons of waste generated by their furry clients. Pet poop takes up the most space in
Why not learn from what others have done.We’d like to share resources that have been developed and used in community projects aimed at diverting pet waste from landfill.Here are a few to get started. The
An innovative group of dog lovers from Port Elliot, South Australia, teamed up with pet researcher Dr. Janette Young from the University of South Australia in 2019. The team devised a 12-week project to trial
Calling all dog owners – seeking ideas, innovation, creativity What can you dream up to avoid using dog poop waste bags altogether? Send your ideas to contact@epwn.org While collecting dog poo with bags is easy
What doesn’t get measured doesn’t get done. But pet waste doesn’t get measured! Calculating how much dog and cat waste is streamed to landfills in the U.S. alone is difficult to do and the amount
Returning contents back to nature If your community waste management systems offer commercial composting services for dog waste, using certified compostable pick-up bags is essential ((DIN EN 13432 in EU or ASTM D2400 in US,
– Herbivore pets that eat only plants generate poop and bedding that are easily composted without concern for pathogens. The quantity of bedding is often much greater than the amount of manure and needs to
Halifax and other nearby Canadian municipalities require residents to toss compostables into clear bags so that collectors ensure that items meet composting criteria. New rules ask Halifax clients to deposit pet waste loose or in small clear plastic bags.
“…when it came to meat bones, shells from seafood, cat and dog poop or just those chicken breasts I never got around to cooking and are starting to grow hair in the fridge, backyard composting
Airdrie, a city of just over 61,500 north of Calgary, Alberta, has announced that residents can now put pet waste in their green organics carts. “When we introduced [the organics program] in 2014, this was
The Scarborough Environmental Group collects tons of dog poop at beaches and uses it to create compost for planting trees. The group’s education head Hannah Hopper said anything that was organic could be composted and
When planning a pet waste recycling program, it’s important to find out the amount of pet waste that your project will be tackling. This data will be key to choosing options and applying for grants.
What doesn’t get measured doesn’t get done. Calculating how much dog and cat waste is streamed to landfills in the U.S. alone is difficult to do and the amount increases each year. There are no
Toilets and sanitary sewage treatment have provided modern man with a workable solution to human waste disposal. But there is no effective, broadly-implemented solution to eliminating the problem of pet waste. At this point, guardians,
Much of the 11 million tons of dog waste generated in the U.S. each year is trashed and streamed to lined and sealed landfills. The rest is left on the ground as a potential pollutant, particularly in
Talking about being green and making token efforts are one thing. Taking steps to make a meaningful difference is another. This green team is helping to reduce carbon paw prints in Front Range Colorado communities.
Committed dog park visitors are using compostable bags and separate bins to make the town’s new dog waste composting program a success. According to the Assistant Town Manager, dogs at Autrey Park have produced 500
A community in New South Wales is offering free worm bins to residents to see if the units are a practical solution for recycling dog waste into fertilizer. The Yard Art Pet Poo Composter (actually
There’s nothing like taking a walk on Alaska’s pristine wilderness. Unless you step in something — unexpected along the way. For parkgoers, what dogs leave behind on the trail can be a sensitive topic. Bob
“Dog waste in and of itself doesn’t have any value…so we decided to create value out of it by upcycling it to fertilizer,” Leslie Wright of the New York State Parks Department said. A pilot
Waterloo, Ont.’s new dog poop power pilot project has been the talk of the country this week, with its promise of unleashing pet waste as a renewable energy resource. Dubbed “poop power” by Mayor Dave Jaworsky, the
AND compost waste to fertilize park plants. “It’s called the ‘poop pit’ and all dog owners scoop the poop and put it there. The pit is ‘managed’ – with mud added to it to avoid
A select group of residents in the City of Melville, in Perth’s southern suburbs, will soon be able to throw meat, dairy products, coffee grounds, dog poo and kitty litter into their green waste bins.
Cat owners served by Valley Waste Resource Management (VWRM) in Nova Scotia now have the option of putting used kitty litter in the green compost bin. They’ve been composting kitty litter in Colchester County for
Ramsey Bond dearly loves her dog, Summit, but she is all too familiar with the “back end” of dog ownership. In preparing to earn her bachelor’s degree in sustainability studies at Colorado Mountain College, Bond
If they can do it, why not US? City of Cockburn Waste Education officer Nicki Ledger said new compostable bags that will be installed at city parks will be less damaging to the environment as they
Red garbage dog waste recycling bins have become more common in municipalities across the British Columbia Lower Mainland in recent years, diverting tons of waste from landfills. But North Vancouver’s is arguably the catchiest approach,
The Zoning Commission approved plans for a law enforcement dog training facility and kennel in a Naugatuck, Connecticut industrial park. The facility will hold up to a maximum of 300 dogs, and the dogs’ waste
For nearly a decade, the City of Edmonton has been turning dog poop into compost. With an estimated 150,000 dogs in the city, there’s a heap of the stuff to process. “We process the cat
A university student is asking dog owners for information on the topic of dog poop and effects on the environment as well as human health.
A video of this webinar is now available for viewing! Learn about the set up and operation of a system for repurposing dog manure in
There are over 40 Dog Waste Only red bins strategically located throughout the City. All bins are emptied weekly and taken to the wastewater treatment plant for
The City of Burnside is one of Adelaide’s oldest residential areas and has installed four Doggie Dunnies in popular dog walking areas. These bins are specifically
