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Howdy

I'm back in the city (long sob story), and I won my beloved family dog back Ruby Sparks back from my wonderful ex.

Living in the city now (ack), I have to pick up her poop of course when we go out for walks. I HATE the thought of the plastic bags I use to collect the poop; they're an environmental disaster.

I've googled solution but have none that make sense. What do you good folk recommend to pick up poop on walks?

(I thought of turning to brown paper bags and maybe newspaper)


Tx, George

Paper towels and paper bag.  Deposit in dedicated worm bin.

I would just add to Tyler's comment: take along a piece or two of sturdy cardboard to use as a scoop, just in case it's a little too soft for paper towels.  

As an African, the paper towels are a bit foreign to me culturally, we also used cloths to the job that NA's use paper towels to do.

The newspaper idea got me thinking of all the junk mail is around. I can use that with ease. The cardboard idea is a smart one too, for the real softies. Thank you!

That is a great idea for using junk mail!  pick up poop with it.  Then drop it in a paper sack!


These may not be available to you.  These are Biodegradable Poop Bags, Unscented with Easy-tie Handles, Vegetable-Based & Eco-Friendly

https://www.amazon.com/Doggy-Do-Good-Gusseted-Vegetable-Based

Absolutely great suggestions above.

If your dog is amenable to such training, the ideal would be to train her to poop on the newspaper/cardboard/junk mail. Maybe you'd have to slip it under her when she squats, and train her not to get startled and run away. Then just fold it up and off you go.

If you have any outdoor space, I heard someone tell about their worm bin for dog poop in a tropical country (Taiwan). He said he buried a bottomless bucket or similar pipe in the garden, with a lid. He put in some worm bedding material and some composting worms, then he just adds the poop from his two dogs every day. I think I remember him saying that the poop just disappears and you never have to move or empty the bin, and that he'd been using it for 10 years when he told us about it. Nearby plants or trees can use the nutrients. Or if preferred, after a couple of years you could pull up the bucket or pipe, dig a new spot in the garden for it, and cover the old spot with some soil from digging the new spot. Since worms can easily compost paper, newspaper, and cardboard, you could drop the whole package into the sunken worm bin.

I love the composting idea for the worms and I thought the newspaper idea under the butt effort weird at first (how the heck am I going to catch her in the act in time when I am constantly letting her off leash to roam) but I reckon the old gal is still trainable and therefore doable.

The Taiwan anecdote makes me think that I might be able to spread this idea to my landlord. They employ a dog poop removal service and I'm extremely aware now of all the plastic going in the garbage bin.

Went to a Tiny House information session (focused on composting toilets held by a guy who has changed law for the entire Province of BC with regards to that method of sanitation) and was informed by the knowledgable fellow that the biodegradable bags are made from two sources - plastic and vegetable. The disappearing plastic one never goes away, it just becomes smaller pieces of plastic and the vegetable based one is superior. The vegetable based ones identified in this thread seem like an excellent fit, but are $65 in Canada via Amazon for 60 count bags, with a little poop bag holder which is in my mind insane.

So, returning to newspaper and junk mail

Thanks again for all the efforts here, I feel a  lifetime of choices changing. I live in a pretty hippie/ alternate thinking kind of city (within limits of course), so this may very slowly turn into a change of habits for others as they observe something more earth friendly.

Well, today is a momentous day for me. I picked up all poop using a spade (from the grass) and put it in the centre of a junk mail spread. Sufficient to make a twist gift for the garbage bin, as well as strong enough to endure the transportation to the machines.

Landlord liked the idea too. In time, they may be open to trying the poop bucket thing. Who knows.


I feel so good not using plastic bags anymore. Honestly, it gives me a thrill

This is great!  
With the worm bin, how much caution is needed around the microbes in dog poop for a garden?  Travis said "a dedicated worm bin," meaning not mixing it together with the regular kitchen scraps, I'm assuming.  So. . .putting it right in the veggie garden sounds risky.  

(Asking for a friend :p.  Seriously, I may be dog-sitting for a week and I've never had a dog.

How about using it to power lamps! Like this guy:

I have been wondering about the problem of dog poop for some time.
Whenever I get an andwer even from Geoff Lawton it is always the same "compost" it.
Unfortunately for me this is not possible I have 25 dogs and get around 3 to 5 gallons of it every week.
I wonder is a trash can burried would work like the above mentioned bucket? And how fast it would break down?
I live in Texas just south of Dallas so no worm bins as they become fire ant bins real fast.

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Yes I have seen those but can't find anyone that can give me an idea on how fast the poop will break down for the amount I would be putting in it.

You might ask you question on Amazon for the digester powder.  One person said this is RidX repackaged which sounds logical.  Another said the key is hot water.

I understand you have a lot of poop to get rid of.

I tried finding an incinerator but they all looked expensive.

I`ve got two friends with lots of dog poop.
One lives off grid. He has a post hole digger and regularly digs a hole, throws the poop in there, covers it when full, and moves along. Does it everywhere, and he has a lot of land so it sort of takes care of itself.
The other breeds Great Danes in the city, you can imagine the poo. She has a double-lidded hole in her driveway that goes directly into her outgoing sewer line. She dumps the poo in there, follows it with a bucket of water, and closes the lids (second lid is for stink, top lid is steel for durability).

I like the idea of the post hole digger solution and have had similar ideas in the past.
I don't have lots of land though only about 1/8 acre that is the back yard where the chickens free range.
I can imagine the chickens would tear out most of the poo as soon as I put it in and then there is the issue of hand digging for me and an open hole in the yard.

The sewer solution is out as I don't have city sewer. I did consider putting it into my aerobic septic tank but have been told by other dog breeders that the hair doesn't break down very well and van cause problems.

Curt Hettman wrote:I like the idea of the post hole digger solution and have had similar ideas in the past.
I don't have lots of land though only about 1/8 acre that is the back yard where the chickens free range.
I can imagine the chickens would tear out most of the poo as soon as I put it in and then there is the issue of hand digging for me and an open hole in the yard.

The sewer solution is out as I don't have city sewer. I did consider putting it into my aerobic septic tank but have been told by other dog breeders that the hair doesn't break down very well and van cause problems.

You could try composting it the same way Joe Jenkins talks about for humanure: https://humanurehandbook.com/ Scroll down the site's front page a bit and you will see some videos.
Nice looking group of dachshunds, by the way!

Annie Collins wrote:
You could try composting it the same way Joe Jenkins talks about for humanure: https://humanurehandbook.com/ Scroll down the site's front page a bit and you will see some videos.
Nice looking group of dachshunds, by the way!

I will look at it thanks.

And thank you for the compliment. We have breeding miniature dachshunds for about 15 years now, and most of them are AKC champions at this point.