ACLMS said there won’t be any fewer opportunities “for the careful disposal of dog waste as a result of any changes” as the number of sites with public bins will remain the same, there just won’t be any dedicated dog waste bins anymore.
Pictured: A public bin at Cambridge Park which accepts both rubbish and dog waste
“The situation is that separate bins for dog waste were introduced several years ago to give extra prominence to the issue of “picking up” to encourage the public to bin dog waste – making the point that dog waste is waste and not something to be left lying around on the streets, paths, and public spaces of the island,” said a spokesperson for ACLMS.
“This meant that some locations around the island had both a general waste bin and a dog waste bin, but the dog waste has not been processed separately to the general waste once collected.”
Those dog waste bins have now started to disappear which some people had linked with the island’s new waste strategy, which from January will see homeowners having to pay £2.50 for stickers to put on each black bag of rubbish they put out. It was presumed by some dog owners that the intention was for dog owners to take their pet’s mess home with them and put it in their household rubbish rather than being able to bin it while out and about.
ACLMS said that is not the case, and the removal of dedicated dog waste bins is simply part of a wider aim of streamlining collection services.
“Over the last few years, to remove cost and clutter in public places, the red (dog waste) bins have been phased out leaving only the green general waste bins which were prominently labelled to indicate that that they are for the disposal of dog waste as well as general waste.
“When the phasing out of the red bins is complete, the end result will be fewer bins but the number of sites with bins will remain the same.”
Pictured: A petition that has been launched in protest at the removal of dog waste bins
