![]() The key here is to start small and gentle and then work your way up. (I really love the Wirecutter-pick dog-poop bags, by the way). Somewhere in my neighborhood, there is a small-dog owner who does not clean up their tiny pup’s poops, so I understand the accumulated rage you’re feeling over waste in the wrong place. ![]() If only the insect-repelling Terro Garbage Guard worked on people. And I stand by my original advice to you, H.K., as follows: Other departments called it “unneighborly” and “inconsiderate.” Just because one locality’s trash service might accept loose bags or use lifters to dump the can into the truck doesn’t mean they all do. We would encourage New Yorkers picking up after their pets to use one of those, or to use their home trash,” Vincent Gragnani, press secretary for the NYC Department of Sanitation, told me in an email. “We have more than 23,000 litter baskets across the city. In New York City, it’s actually illegal to dispose of your trash in someone else’s bin without permission. Several spoke up in solidarity with us, lamenting their own experiences with broken bags, smeared waste, and unhauled trash.)įor a gut check, I reached out to sanitation departments across the country. (Of course, not all commenters are flinging poop into their neighbors’ bins. They would much rather have it bagged than having to tip a can and everything spill out on the ground,” Brandon Wright, vice president of communications and media relations for the trade group National Waste Recycling Association, told me in a phone interview. “Generally waste collectors prefer to have things in bags because it’s easier and safer for them. Not having loose bags of feces in an unlined garbage can is also just better for the garbage haulers. Just because some dog owners are worse than others doesn’t make the garbage-can owner wrong for wanting to keep their trash can free of other people’s trash. To which I say, the choice isn’t binary! Dog owners should do as I do, holding on to poop bags until they reach their own garbage can. ![]() Readers said, for example, that it’s ridiculous for a homeowner to be annoyed at people throwing loose poop bags in their trash, or that it’s better than a dog owner leaving the bagged or unbagged waste on the ground. But the commenters on this article-hoo boy, they are not with us. I’m still with you: It’s wrong to throw dog poop in a neighbor’s garbage can. I have considered getting him a backpack so he can carry his own bags (both empty and full), but we haven’t gotten there yet. On the occasions where we take a different path or he hits me with an unexpected surprise, I carry the bag with me until we get home or find a public disposal option. I am a dog owner myself, and knowing my dog’s general routine helps me figure out our route so I can toss the bag into a town trash can. When I first addressed your issue back in December 2021, I didn’t doubt the premise of the question: It’s not okay for someone to throw their dog’s poop bags in a non-public trash bin (or worse, a recycling bin or compost container!). Our trash company won’t take anything that’s loose, so I get stuck cleaning out the fly-filled can and bagging up other people’s garbage. I live near a park, and people frequently dump their sticky food wrappers and stinky dog-poop bags into my garbage bin. Email your biggest product-related problems to Wirecutter, Ask Wirecutter, an advice column written by Annemarie Conte, explores the best approaches to buying, using, and maintaining stuff.
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