I am looking for research that has identified the perceived barriers and benefits to pet owners cleaning up after their pets. I am also looking for information on programs that have successfully encouraged pet owners to properly dispose of pet waste.
Thanks.
Best,
Doug
Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D.
McKenzie-Mohr Associates
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Proper Disposal of Pet Waste
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Hi Doug
the City of Melbourne has introduced by-laws geared toward this. At the same time, they have introduced free biodegrabable bags to collect the waste (that attach to the dog's lead for easy carrying), and convenient bins in it's parks. The same initiative has been introduced across a number of councils. There *is* a lot less waste on the streets and in the parks than a few years ago. http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=6&pg=534
Amanda
Doug:
Check out two websites: City of Seatte Public Utilities www.ci.seattle.wa.us/util Search Pet Waste King County Solid Waste Division www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd Click on What do I do with? Then click on Animal Waste I used to live in the Seattle area and used to double bag (plastic) the dog waste and place it in the trash. There are also other options given. If it is large quantities of animal waste, they address that. As you know Seattle and King County are noted for their recycling efforts. They make it clear not to use dog or cat waste for composting.
Pat
Pat Rossi
Education Specialist
Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority
PH: 330-374-0383, ext. 203
FAX: 330-374-1819
Doug,
Regarding research that has identified the perceived barriers and benefits to pet owners cleaning up after their pets, go to www.stormwatercenter.net. Click on Library. In the "Practice of Watershed Protection," look for Article 126: Understanding Watershed Behavior. You will find barrier/benefit information from three studies in that article.
Regards,
Jan
Jan Aceti
Aceti Associates
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This is a great interaction/service design proposed solution: http://www.pooptopia.com/ [Following extracted from http://www.experientia.com/blog/] 11 June 2006 Pooptopia, a pet waste removal urban game No Comments | Trackback Pooptopia Pooptopia, the Interaction-Ivrea graduation project of Aram Saroyan Armstrong, is a pet waste removal service/game that explores the interplay of service design and entertainment. A few days ago Rgine Debatty summarised Pooptopia on her own blog we-make-money-not-art as follows: "Pooptopia pushes the boundaries of the rising service economy and joins a new breed of games that reclaim the urban environment for play, while struggling to become economically self-sustainable." "Pooptopia LBS is a pet waste removal service for city neighbourhoods. It utilises location-based technology to locate, monitor and respond to problem areas. The service incorporates stakeholder action into the solution by empowering dog owners, poo-haters and poo-hunters to easily mark the location of pet waste for pick-up by the Pooptopia service and municipal sanitation workers." "The goal of the Dark Treasure (Tesoro Scuro) game is to discover dog poo, make a picture of it and email it, with the location of the finding and your name or the name of your team. The claim will earn you points. You can earn double point if you also mark the exact location of your discovery on Pooptopia's Tesoro Scuro Map. This "treasure map" is used to create nightly pick-up routes for the Pootectors, Pooptopia's pet waste removal squad. Over time this data helps define zones as "Pooptopias" and "Puptopias", which affects the cost of dog ownership and rewards responsible canine-loving communities: the poorer the rating, the higher the service fee." The project was supervised by Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels in his capacity as senior associate professor at Interaction-Ivrea.
Cameron Tonkinwise
Hi Doug/all:
I came across this survey from Chesapeake Bay when looking for something else this afternoon - it has some information on dog waste programs. http://www.cwp.org/UNEP_all.PDF#search=%22septic%20care%20survey%22 If the link does not work the title is "A Survey of Residential Nutrient Behavior in the Chesapeake Bay".
Lynda Rankin,
Environmental Analyst
Nova Scotia Department of the Environment and Labour
Box 697, Halifax Nova Scotia B3J 2T8
Tel: (902) 424-2578
email: [email protected]
There's an ecologist in Boulder, Pat Murphy, who has been documenting and mapping dog excrement piles in the Mount Sanitas park in Boulder Colorado for some years now: http://www.myxyz.org/phmurphy/dog/Sanitas.htm and http://www.myxyz.org/phmurphy
Cheers,
Jim Zack
Sustainable Saratoga Springs (NY)
Does anyone have any updates to Dr. McKenzie-Mohr's 2006 query? I, too, am looking for research that has identified the perceived barriers and benefits to pet owners cleaning up after their pets; & for information on programs that have successfully encouraged pet owners to properly dispose of pet waste.
Paula Thomson
Maine SPO
United States
Hillsborough County recently completed a small qualitative study regarding pet waste and scooping behaviors. It pretty much echoes what has been found in other places. http://www.hillsborough.wateratlas.usf.edu/upload/documents/HC-pet-waste-study-final-report.pdf
j mcgee
Chief Environmental Scientist
Hillsborough County Specialized Services
United States
Re: perceived barriers and benefits to pet owners cleaning up after their pets, see Dealing with Dog Waste in Vancouver Parks Preliminary Research for Dog Waste Composting at Everett Crowley Park, LEES + Associates Landscape Architects. It was posted online but has since been removed. For successful stoop and scoop programs, see City of Austin, 2000 - http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/watershed/downloads/scoop_the_poop_program_background.pdf. We are launching dog waste composting programs at parks near Denver, Colorado and will use a "green and clean" campaign to encourage dog owners to pick up after their pets.
Rose Seemann
Owner
EnviroWagg, LLC
United States
Snohomish County and Everett in Washington State have done research on this topic and implemented a campaign. See website: http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/Divisions/SWM/
Services/Water_Pollution/Pet_Waste.htm For details, contact Dave Ward, principal watershed steward for Snohomish County. His contact info can be found in the county directory at: http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/Divisions/SWM/About/
Directory/
Allegra Abramo
Seattle, WA