Dog poo disposal

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AIBU for finding this disgusting?

Driving through a 'naice' village and I see a person poop a scooping (with a grabby handle tool) and then trying to post it through the drain slots in the road. Clearly struggling and dodging cars.

Is this normal? Acceptable? Made me feel sick.

Maybe he'd run out of poo bags.

At least he was trying to dispose of it?

No, disgusting! If that drain goes straight to a river then the poop will end up there. Yuk. And polluting.

I’d rather someone did this than leave it in the way on the path. Plus aren’t blind people told to do that with their aid dogs?

You do sound overly over-invested in this persons attempt to clear the road. Terribly overly over-annoyed even that he was dodging cars etc.

It has to be removed from the land, which technically it has.

I doubt the pollution of dig pooh is going to make a huge difference, after all fish shit in water all the time

I don't think that's so bad. Much worse is when people collect it in nappy bags, that will never ever degrade, and leave it because yes they will defiantly come back for it later, or worse, hang it from a tree.

Lois wonder where you think all animal excreta everywhere ends up?

Rivers are the receptacle for absolutely everything that hits the land, as its washed down into the water table one way or another. Its only dogs excreta thats handled into plastic. All of wildlife and farm animals crap.

He may be limited mobility- like me. I use a dog scoop at home & bags out (always have someone walking with me on off days). It’s better than leaving it where it is. Not nice I know. But sometimes can’t be helped.

I haven't seen this before... I guess it's better than just leaving it.
Agree with a PP that bagging it and dumping it (or hanging on a tree) are worse. It would have been better to just leave it than to do this!

My friend bags it & goes back for it later. She has (very) brightly coloured bags for the exact purpose. There aren’t enough poop bins around here so she sort of doubles back on herself.

The rainwater drain will also have grey water, from people car washing etc so should go through a treatment plant. I know this due to a blockage on our shared drains, which required an onsite pump, putting a manhole into the road and having to replace the shared drain under my neighbours kitchen.

So its probably not so disgusting as you think. I flush dog or cat poo down the loo.

I'm more bothered about the filthy bastards who scoop up the poo, put it in a plastic bag and hang it from a tree....WTF do they do that for? I have never understood it

What do you think is in the river? The water drains down from the tops of hills. It starts in small springs that run through fields, they join together into larger tributaries that also often run through countryside / farmland. Eventually they become rivers. If you are in the countryside the rivers are filled with animal corpse (seems wherever I walk there is something dead in the stream - sheep, pheasant, voles, etc..), farm animal shit, fish shit, duck shit and now a bit of dog shit. If you live in towns they are full of tesco trollies and peoples garbage. I know which I'd prefer! Either way the water in the river isn't clean at all which is why it is processed before being used as drinking water.

The point of picking up dog shit is to stop people stepping in it. He did this fine by sending it down the grey water drain.

Why can't people just carry it? I wonder how many people that say they'll go back for it actually do? If we're out somewhere and there's no bins we just tie the bag to a rucksack or the lead

Wouldn't it be better to just use a stick to flick it into a bush/hedge/undergrowth if it's available, to get rid of it naturally rather than plastic bags...

Either way the water in the river isn't clean at all which is why it is processed before being used as drinking water.

Are there any river/streams you can drink from without being processed?

There needs to be a different thread to differentiate between those trying to keep surfaces clear of dog poo and those who have highly anti-social habits of hanging full bags in trees, as in whats the point, do they expect others to come along and clear away their gross littering of the countryside or is the point to leave it there!

Any not wanting to carry a used plastic bag should just get one of these then there's no need to leave anything anywhere to be returned to forgotten

If was just the way she was doing it. So determined, but clearly it wasn't working so she was stood on the road, not the pavement leaning over.

I thought you couldn't flush dog and cat poo due to toxoplasmosis?

Is there something wrong with her being determined?!?!

If you want to read the multitude of threads bun fights on this it will be better than repeatedly raising this subject. There are some very good points made.

Just do an AS

It’s wrong to put it in the water supply - adds nitrates, heavy metals and other things that you can’t filter out. Flicking it in a hedgerow would be preferable.

Interesting, my local woods has 'stick and flick' instructions

It sounds a lot more work than picking it up and bagging it. obviously she may have had disabilities that meant she was unable to bend down and pick it up, although if she could scoop it up with her tool, then she could pop it in a bag? I'm not sure about dog waste going into the water system - I know you shouldn't flush cat waste.

Incidentally, I use bags that biodegrade in 90 days.

I thought you couldn't flush dog and cat poo due to toxoplasmosis? Well, cat. But where do you think all cat poo that isn't picked ends up? Washed out by rain and.... down the drain it goes! Or into the earth...

And yes. Forestry Commisson does not supply poo bins in many well established. They advocate stick and flick. I recently shouted at one woman and she said she had 'forgotten her stick'... guess what her dog was carrying

OP I'd be more worried about the human waste TBH. Apparently we have high levels of antibiotics in some rivers ... and while human waste usually goes through treatment plants, some doesn't - and some waste companies have permission during heavy weather like this to discharge directly into the sea to save foul water drainage bubbling up under our streets.

Apparently we have high levels of antibiotics in some rivers ...

Also cocaine and hormones from the contraceptive pils. And plastic waste and tampons. And wipes.

But you go ahead and vilify a random woman and her dog poi.