Can You Compost Dog Poop? Reducing Your Dog’s Environmental Paw-Print
Every day, millions of little bags filled with dog waste make their way into
landfills, releasing methane into the atmosphere and potentially harming our
waterways. But a new program in NYC is turning this problem into a solution with
the power of compost!
If you love dogs and the world, you’ve probably had a nagging feeling about creating all those bags of poop! Rightly so: every year, 24 billion pounds of dog waste is put into the environment, landfills, or incinerators, contaminating water supplies and leaking methane into our atmosphere. Well, there’s an easy solution to this big poo problem!
By Sam Burns
If you love dogs and the world, you’ve probably had a nagging feeling about creating all those bags of poop! Rightly so: every year, 24 billion pounds of dog waste is put into the environment, landfills, or incinerators, contaminating water supplies and leaking methane into our atmosphere. Well, there’s an easy solution to this big poo problem!
By Sam Burns