WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY PET WASTE?
GOOD: Pick up after your pet and dispose of it in the garbage.
BETTER: Compost your pet’s waste! Purchase a septic style composter and use compostable bags or scooper to dispose of waste.
Pet waste is bad for our health. Pet waste contains bacteria and parasites that infect people and pets including food poisoning, tapeworm and hookworm. These diseases can be especially dangerous for children, elderly, and people who have compromised immune systems. A dime’s worth of dog poop contains 23 million fecal coliform bacteria, such as E. coli. Some diseases that are found in pet waste can stick around in the soil for over a year and contribute to making our waterways unsafe for swimming. Pet waste can attract pests like flies, roaches and rats which also carry diseases. Decaying pet waste can release ammonia and other pollutants into the water causing algae blooms that use up oxygen and harm fish and other aquatic life.
![](/images/env/dog-septic.jpeg)