Disposal of dog dirt

[mr.bungle]

If i instal a dog poo bin on my nature reserve how do i dispose of the poo? This is a serious question. I work for the RSPB

[Hawkwalk]

contact your local council who will be emptying their own bins and for a fee they will probably do yours aswell.

[burnhal]

Which reserve? I volunteer at Otmoor which has bridle paths open to the public including dogwalkers. You question prompted me to do some looking around the net. First thing that hits you between the eyes is that what we all do without thinking is increase the decomposition time from weeks to several years by neatly enclosing the poo in a plastic bag!! It all then goes and sits in a landfill for years!
You can apparently get bio-degradeable poo bags but I think most go straight for an old carrier or similar.
Read this page regarding poo decomposers.

[burnhal]

the link didnt appear
try http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A11998461

[woofgang]

when we got our first dog, I got one of those decomposers and it plain old didn't work!
I guess if you have got an area as big as abird reserve, you might be able to set up a reed bed waste management system...but how you get the poo from wherever it is placed to the reedbed is another matter...I guess the other consideration is how many dogs you expect to visit over the year and how much poo you ar talking about.
Got to say I put mine out with the household rubbish...which is permitted, the same as people who use disposable nappies

[b19dyl]

Have you tried the new Doggybog that has just come onto the market in the last few weeks. We have one and WOW!!!

What a differance. The Doggybog unit just fits onto your soil pipe and all the waste of your dog goes down the same way as human waste(and it is flushable). They even do Flushable poo bags for when out walking!!