One B.C. city is telling you what to do — and what not to do — with your pet's, well, doo doo.
Port Coquitlam's new recycling rules dictate that dog owners cannot throw bags of their dog's waste into public or private garbage bins. They also cannot be thrown into bush areas, even if the bag is biodegradable.
Instead, the city has outlined methods of "proper pet waste disposal" on its website. According to these new guidelines, pet owners can flush their dog or cat's feces down the toilet (but not kitty litter), build a pet poop compost, hire a "professional pet waste disposal service," or "search the Internet for pet toilet training techniques."
Many of the city's parks provide biodegradable dog poop bags, but the new manual points out they are only intended "for transporting the pet waste for proper disposal."
The pet waste guidelines are part of a set of rules that came into effect on Tuesday and focus on the handling of organic waste, reports Global News.
Last month, city councillor Terry O’Neill told The Tri-Cities Now that dog waste was a growing problem, especially in the Town Centre area.
The Coqitlam website states that according to Metro Vancouver, 15,000 tonnes of pet waste ends up in the landfill each year. There, it decomposes and generates methane gas, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than CO2.
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Port Coquitlam's new recycling rules dictate that dog owners cannot throw bags of their dog's waste into public or private garbage bins. They also cannot be thrown into bush areas, even if the bag is biodegradable.
Instead, the city has outlined methods of "proper pet waste disposal" on its website. According to these new guidelines, pet owners can flush their dog or cat's feces down the toilet (but not kitty litter), build a pet poop compost, hire a "professional pet waste disposal service," or "search the Internet for pet toilet training techniques."
Many of the city's parks provide biodegradable dog poop bags, but the new manual points out they are only intended "for transporting the pet waste for proper disposal."
The pet waste guidelines are part of a set of rules that came into effect on Tuesday and focus on the handling of organic waste, reports Global News.
Last month, city councillor Terry O’Neill told The Tri-Cities Now that dog waste was a growing problem, especially in the Town Centre area.
The Coqitlam website states that according to Metro Vancouver, 15,000 tonnes of pet waste ends up in the landfill each year. There, it decomposes and generates methane gas, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than CO2.
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