The trial is something of an expansion of what the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) already has in place at Alpha Lake Park, with compostable bags provided, and dog owners encouraged to place collected poop in specific bins for the municipality’s composting stream.
“In parks like Rainbow Park, Meadow Park, [and] Spruce Grove where we’re supplying the compostable bags, we’re encouraging them to go into the compost stream. We’ve been doing this for a little while and we’re waiting to see what the initial results are,” said the RMOW’s manager of resort operations, Derek Jazic.
“The parks waste audit data we have shows that dog waste in parks was 60 per cent of the overall waste weight at Rainbow Park and Alpha Lake Park, which are popular spots for dog owners,” the official said.
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