When you pick up your dog’s poop with a plastic bag, tie it in a knot and chuck it in the trash, do you get an unsettling feeling that you’re hitting the can but missing the boat?
Isn’t there a better way to dispose of this stuff?
If we want achieve true zero waste, we need to find simple solutions for the 8-12% of residential waste generated by our beloved pets.
Professional composting is an elegant solution to an inelegant problem. The process upcycles dog waste into a finished compost that enriches soil while diverting the raw nuisance material from walkways and landscape, landfills and streams.
EnviroWagg – an Enviro Pet Waste Network program – is processing Colorado dog waste into a safe and nutrient-rich soil amendment that greens up plants. Research and development at the composting site contributes to how we understand processing, testing and applying compost that uses dog waste as primary feedstock.
The Lyons Parks and Recreation Commission proposed a six-month dog waste composting pilot to the Board of Trustees, which was approved and launched in April 2026. “This is a simple idea that can make a real difference,” said Mike Jackson, Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission and a local
The City of Calgary in Alberta, Canada has collected pet waste as part of its residential green cart service since 2017. In this webinar, speaker Natalia Gonzalez, Waste Diversion Specialist, Waste & Recycling Services, discusses the city’s successful program and disposal challenges. Webinar video link Additional information: How Calgary’s composting
Congratulations to the Town of Erie, which launched its dog waste composting program on June 1, 2024. The park has been retrofitted with dedicated collection bins and signs to accommodate the new program. Pet Scoop will collect the waste and transport it to EnviroWagg at Soil Rejuvenation in Longmont for composting. Erie joins six other