Plastic bags and s**t? How will that improve the environment?

Question

To me picking up after the dog does not make as much sense as people say. First of all, wouldn't it be better to actually employ people to work in parks and to take care of that business? Another thing, isn't dog's f***s actually good for plants? I personally think it should be recycled! :) There is so much geese f***s everywhere, and somehow noone cares about that.

And another thing, using PLASTIC bags to dispose of it? How is that good???

Answer 1

Its just a courtesy. Your dog poops on my lawn ill expect you to clean it up, *****.

Answer 2

You're pretty much right but isn't it funny to watch someone walk pass a trashcan with a bag of p**p?

Answer 3

you have a point about the plastic bags...

but still

its not nice to like, take a walk in the park and have to hop around to avoid dog ****

Answer 4

You can ask for paper bags at the supermarket, and then use them for picking up after your dog, then take the contents home at put it at your garden favorite plants. they will grow ... and smell

Answer 5

Dog Faeces contains harmful bacteria that can blind a child. They eat meat and their poo is more toxic than the geese. That's why it stinks so much if you tread in it!

As a dog owner I encourage the dog to use the garden before we leave and then use a shovel and worm bin. When the worms have finished it is good for plants but I would never use it on anything I plan to eat.

I use biodegradeable bags when I'm out.

Phill

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Answer 6

I don't know if dog f***s is good for plants, but I know instead of using regular plastic bags you should use 100% biodegradable bags to clean after your dog, they're what I use. I buy BioBag Dog Waste Bags from drugstore.com.

This is an excerpt from the product details:

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The Ten Second Plastic Bag Lesson

Regular polyethylene-based plastic bags can take well over 100 years to degrade and are not compostable. Less than 2% of all plastic bags ever get recycled. Plastic bags litter our streets, backwoods and waterways. Studies indicate that 100,000 marine animals and 2 million birds die each year from ingesting or being caught up in plastic debris. Some manufacturers are blending additives to polyethylene to produce "degradable" bags. Unfortunately, this process fragments the bags into pieces of plastic debris that do not meet the ASTM D6400-99 standard for biodegradable and compostable plastic. These pieces cause serious harm when mistaken by animals and birds for food. BioBag products use no polyethylene in the production process. We are fully certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute to be 100% biodegradable and 100% compostable. Please be sure the biodegradable products you buy are properly certified.

Nature knows the difference.

Using biodegradable bags to dispose of your pet's biodegradable waste makes good sense. To avoid misleading claims, always look for the BPI certification to be sure the bags you purchase are actually 100% biodegradable and compostable. Why use regular plastic bags that can last a lifetime!

Answer 7

You have a good point about the plastic bags...your dogs p**p will end up nicely preserved for years to come in a landfill somewhere.  The problem is..people do not want to step on, or sit in it.  Imagine going to the park for a nice picnic and putting your hand into a pile of dog poo!!  It is just a common courtesy to pick it up.  Sometimes it is hidden in grass or vegetation and is not obvious.  Actually there have recently been studies in one of my local watersheds and they found most of the pollution in the water was due to pet waste and wild bird waste...so if you don't pick it up it may end up in someones drinking water or the ocean if you live anywhere near the coast.  There is not much we can do about keeping wild birds f***s from getting in the water(but biologists are aware it is a problem..so yes someone cares)..but we can do something about pet waste getting in it..so everyone should do their part and scoop when your dog poops!!