An Opportunity to Solve the Dog Waste Problem
The technology is available today for waste management companies to provide one of two earth friendly services for eliminating dog waste:
The use of plastic bags has been one obstacle in making these two solutions practical. The bio-degradable paper refills for The Poo Puck TM are organic and provide the perfect vessel for transporting dog waste to a compost facility or an anaerobic digester. Paper and cardboard are great composting material and are an organically rich fuel for anaerobic digesters.
One initial objective of our company is to make dog waste collection a more appealing process. Our long term objective is to eliminate the dog waste stream to landfills, and we believe the steps in the green collection process need to be as follows:
1. Make the tools of dog waste clean-up more appealing.
2. Avoid plastic bags. Separating plastic bags at the waste management facility is costly.
3. Provide a dog waste collection bin that keeps it separate from other garbage.
4. Promote residential curbside collection from the dog waste bins.
5. Compost or anaerobically digest the dog waste with or without other organic waste.
The Poo Puck TM is the solution for items 1 & 2. We suggest that Items 3, 4 & 5 will soon be solved by city officials and local waste management companies.
Fortunately, several cities are considering composting or anaerobic digesting opportunities for dog waste. These cities have goals to achieve Zero Waste to Landfills, and because dog waste accounts for up to 4% of garbage collection, a solution is necessary to achieve these goals.
Many cities in the U.S. also have a ban in place for single use plastic bags due to the risk the bags impose on our environment. This provides an opportunity for dog owners to explore a greener option for picking up after their dogs. Wrapping dog poo into a plastic bag only preserves the waste in a landfill for future generations.
Pet waste should be picked up immediately due to the risk that it imposes on groundwater and nearby watersheds; however, 40% of dog owners don't clean-up their dog's waste because they haven't yet discovered how easy it can be with The Poo Puck TM.
- Compost it or
- Convert the organic energy of dog waste into electric power using an anaerobic digester.
The use of plastic bags has been one obstacle in making these two solutions practical. The bio-degradable paper refills for The Poo Puck TM are organic and provide the perfect vessel for transporting dog waste to a compost facility or an anaerobic digester. Paper and cardboard are great composting material and are an organically rich fuel for anaerobic digesters.
One initial objective of our company is to make dog waste collection a more appealing process. Our long term objective is to eliminate the dog waste stream to landfills, and we believe the steps in the green collection process need to be as follows:
1. Make the tools of dog waste clean-up more appealing.
2. Avoid plastic bags. Separating plastic bags at the waste management facility is costly.
3. Provide a dog waste collection bin that keeps it separate from other garbage.
4. Promote residential curbside collection from the dog waste bins.
5. Compost or anaerobically digest the dog waste with or without other organic waste.
The Poo Puck TM is the solution for items 1 & 2. We suggest that Items 3, 4 & 5 will soon be solved by city officials and local waste management companies.
Fortunately, several cities are considering composting or anaerobic digesting opportunities for dog waste. These cities have goals to achieve Zero Waste to Landfills, and because dog waste accounts for up to 4% of garbage collection, a solution is necessary to achieve these goals.
Many cities in the U.S. also have a ban in place for single use plastic bags due to the risk the bags impose on our environment. This provides an opportunity for dog owners to explore a greener option for picking up after their dogs. Wrapping dog poo into a plastic bag only preserves the waste in a landfill for future generations.
Pet waste should be picked up immediately due to the risk that it imposes on groundwater and nearby watersheds; however, 40% of dog owners don't clean-up their dog's waste because they haven't yet discovered how easy it can be with The Poo Puck TM.