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by neutronicus 2148 days ago
Well, "drown" is a strong word, but I see feces (of questionably animal origin) all the time in my US city, on the sidewalks and otherwise.

In my building we have to put trash bins out in the alley, and people always throw dog shit in those on trash day, too.
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Broken_Hippo 2147 days ago
In my building we have to put trash bins out in the alley, and people always throw dog shit in those on trash day, too.

I'm not exactly sure where else folks are supposed to put the dog shit except in the trash, honestly. I know people complain about putting shit in their personal trash cans, mind you, but folks are going to put it in a trash can somewhere, even if it is in their own home. And some of those are going to put their trash in the alley.

Do you have a suggestion that doesn't include putting the poop in the trash?

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neutronicus 2147 days ago
The city has public trash cans on the corner, with bags in them. So you throw your little baggie of dog shit in it, the city collects the bag, and the dog shit is gone.

My trash bin (large, wheeled, plastic variety that lives in an enclosure on the bottom floor of my building) is full of my domestic trash, in several bags, and is not itself lined with a bag. City comes, empties out my bin, it's now an in-theory empty plastic bin. Someone throws a baggie of dog shit in, it just goes to the bottom. It rains, and now there's a slurry of dog shit water in the bottom of my trash bin and it's there forever because my building doesn't have a hose for me to hose it out, nor is there a designated drain for collecting shit water, nor do the city trash collectors upend the bin into the garbage truck - they just grab the bags out and leave the shit-slurry where it lies.

So my suggestion is ... walk to the fucking city trash can literally a half-block away and throw your dog shit in there instead into a domestic trash bin with no bags in it.

Luckily I'm moving the fuck out of this building / neighborhood in December. Wonder what the other tenants will do when they realize no one is putting the building's bins out now...

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pinkfoot 2147 days ago
Yes, put it in a dedicated digester: a plastic rubbish bin with holes submerged into the ground. Add paper and water to get it going.

https://thebark.com/content/build-your-own-pet-waste-digeste...

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