With residential waste, waste management will only pick up poop in poop bags that have been placed into a larger trashbag, either with other trash or with other poop bags. 

Essentially they have to be double bagged (for good reason I think with what hapoens to thin poop bags when they get wet) for collection. I dont think they will take double bagged small poop bags, because they can't tell they have been double bagged. 

I have two large dogs, so I dispose of mine during walks at commerical spots (see below), or collect the bags into a small covered bin in my yard that I then put them into a larger bag sunday night for monday collection. 

Or, as stated, a dog owner/ walker can dispose of their loose bags in public trash cans on bryant, negley and highland. Waste mgmt has to dispose of garbage here in these commercial bins, regardless of whether it contains loose poop bags or not. 

I also try to bring my trash can back into the yard as soon as possible as I've found some very strange stray things in my can, incl dog poop bags, when I've left it out :)

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 9:35 PM Christine Bethea <passports.art@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't own a pet, and neither do we experience this problem, BUT, it would be helpful to have clarification on this. These emails seem to indicate the person should take the poo home to their own trash, while at the same time, saying the poo will not be picked up by sanitation collectors if it's in someone else's trash. Please explain, so these folks know more clearly what to do. WHAT is the proper, and LEGAL way to handle this dog poo problem? (With apologies to the canines with inconsiderate owners) Now if we can move on to dogs peeing on my front garden and killing plants....

Best!

Christine

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 2:35 AM Danielle Lafe <dglafe23@gmail.com> wrote:

I’m not sure how to write in about this - but this is happening more and more. I just witnesses it with my own eyes in addition to the many times I see it on my camera. Can neighbors please understand that the sanitation workers will not dispose of the loose poop bags you can’t wait a block and half to dispose of at your own home. It goes straight to the bottom of our bin and we have to then pick up YOUR large dogs poop from the bottom of our bin and put it in OUR trash for the next week to be picked up. 

Thank you

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On Jan 16, 2024, at 5:01 PM, Josie Hoover <jrh0707@gmail.com> wrote:



Dear Christine, 

Thank you for saying this.  I have a similar issue with this on North St. Clair and truly hope that our neighbor who is doing this would stop.  This is not neighborly but quite very disrespectful. In addition, the trash collection employees will not dispose of the bags.  Please don't use other people's bins to discard your trash.  And, apologies for tacking onto this thread -- because I thoroughly enjoy this informative listserv!

Regards, 

Josie Hoover

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From: Christine Frechard <christinefrechardgallery@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Subject: my trash bin is not your dog restroom !
To: Highland Park Mailing List <neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com>

Dear neighbor,

Every Monday morning, someone is walking his dog on Sheridan street ( 800 block) and dropping his fresh dog poop in my empty garbage  bin.  And every single Monday morning this is happening !

Please stop doing this, it is so inconsiderate. Wait to reach your own home and trash  bin to do so.

Thank you very much

Christine