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BBC News
25-06-2025
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Ramsey commissioners launch campaign to tackle dog fouling
A new warden will be hired in Ramsey as part of a drive by town commissioners to encourage dog owners to clean up after their pets. Commissioners vice-chairman Sandra Cottam-Shea said a "culture change" was needed and urged people to safely "educate those responsible" for failing to pick up dog she confirmed the authority would not be reintroducing dedicated dog poo bins in the £1,100 will be spent on posters and stickers to inform members of the public that they should instead use regular bins. Cottam-Shea said: "This is an age-old problem that happens around the world, but there has been a constant rumble of discontent in Ramsey and we have to do something."She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the campaign would be more cost-effective than reinstalling "smaller dog poo bins" previously seen in the town since they "filled up so quickly and then spilled out". The vice-chairman said that while she was hoping for "positive results... a cultural understanding that this isn't acceptable" was required in the acknowledged that some people may be nervous about confronting irresponsible dog owners."We mustn't put ourselves a risk," she said. "But we mustn't be afraid of challenging perceived anti-social behaviour in a safe and courteous way."It takes a village, it takes a town to change culture."It is expected that the signs and stickers - which will be attached to public bins explaining that they can be used for dog waste - will be in place by late new town warden will also monitor issues such as parking, litter and anti-social behaviour. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
16-06-2025
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Thieves Wood: Dog poo bag plea at woodland site with no bins
Visitors to a popular walking spot in Nottinghamshire are being urged to take responsibility for their rubbish, especially dog poo are no bins at Thieves Wood near Mansfield, and, despite clear "no litter" signs, piles of rubbish and discarded waste bags are often found scattered around the woodland, with the latter even sometimes left hanging from tree Dennis, who runs a food truck in the site's car park, said it was "horrible" and affected her England, which manages the area, said bins at its other sites were frequently vandalised and posed a risk to wildlife. Bins have never been installed at Thieves Wood, instead visitors are expected to take their rubbish home with them. Ms Dennis said piles of dog waste bags deterred customers from using the picnic area."People always ask my why there are no dog waste bins, and I end up feeling responsible," she told the BBC a recycling bin, attached to her van, is sometimes misused by visitors disposing of dog waste bags."I know people don't want it in their cars, but if they used something like a nappy bin in the boot, it wouldn't smell," said Ms Dennis."I have to take all that home and sort through it. "It's like picking up after someone else's dog and putting it in their car, you just wouldn't do it." Dog walker Claire Vincent, who regularly visits the forest with her nine-year-old dog Ollie, said the responsibility was with the owners."It doesn't bother me that there are no bins, but it does bother me that people leave dog waste," the 54-year-old added."You can just take it home, I don't see the issue."They put up signs recently, and the next day over 20 bags were left at the entrance. I just don't get it."Professional dog walker Kate Sheppard, 48, thinks bins would "make a huge difference".She said: "Despite the signs, people still leave litter. It's unsightly and a health risk."I pay for my own waste disposal, maybe visitors would be willing to pay a small fee for bins."I always take my waste away, and it frustrates me that others don't." Plans to remove bins at Sherwood Pines, also operated by Forestry England, have recently come under visitors there were critical of the idea, and argued it was unrealistic to expect people to take dog waste home with Forestry England said waste bins caused more problems than they prevented.A spokesperson said: "They can quickly become mixed with different types of waste, may be vandalised, and often fill up faster than we can empty them."They also attract wildlife, especially when people leave litter on the ground nearby."Animals can mistake this litter for food, harming themselves and spreading waste further across the forest."Additional reporting by Ben Mellor
CTV News
07-06-2025
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Dog poop isn't allowed in Sudbury roadside litter containers
City officials are reminding the public that they don't want to see dog waste left in litter bins around Greater Sudbury. The city of Greater Sudbury has approximately 230 roadside litter containers across the municipality and staff want to remind residents dog waste is not allowed in them. Nataly Whissell, Manager of Collection and Recycling says its not uncommon for the city to do a mail blitz to send out reminders of where the waste should go instead. 'They should be bringing it home. A couple of options there. Mixing it with your regular garbage. So we do have a maximum amount of 10% volume in your garbage can, residents can also participate in a dog waste digester support program. They can flush their the dog feces in the toilet. They can consider hiring a company to remove the pet waste. And, of course, there's always the option to deliver the extra pet waste directly to a landfill site,' she said. Whissell tells CTVNews there are several reasons why people are not allowed to dispose of pet waste in the containers. 'Often, times when there's too much dog waste in a bin, it'll cause it to be overloaded, it becomes overweight and then we can't collect from it. So we have to send extra resources out to collect. It also makes roadside litter containers pretty dirty and smelly for anybody in the surrounding area and certainly increases the likelihood that the waste collector and surrounding properties and surrounding vehicles could be sprayed with the disease causing bacteria found in dog poop,' she said. Michel Babin walks his dog along Bancroft Drive sometimes up to three times a day. Often finding dog poop bags and trash on the side of the road. 'I've been putting it into the garbage bins with the last one. It says waste…I didn't even know. I had no clue," he said. Hope McKinlay has a 3-year-old dog and says it doesn't make sense. 'There's a garbage bin for garbage. You want me to put my Gatorade bottles, my food waste, stuff like that but I can't put actual waste like 100% not if it's human. Maybe not, but dog waste is kind of the one thing that the reason is the garbage. So it's not just strewn along the trails where people walk, where they hike. I wouldn't want to step in that. I'd rather it be in the garbage,' she said. For more information on pet waste visit
BBC News
05-06-2025
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'Carrying dog poo around is not human nature'
Plans to remove bins from an outdoor area in Nottinghamshire have faced criticism from some visitors who said it was not "human nature" to carry a bag of dog poo England, who operates the Sherwood Pines site, said the removal of bins was the "right thing" for the environment and suggested visitors could take dog waste home in an old ice cream tub. Jason Maclean, from Forestry England said: "We believe that this approach will help better preserve the forest, but it is also better for waste management and recycling."However, some visitors were critical of the idea, and described the move to remove bins as "very strange". One visitor to the site, Steven Williams, told the BBC that people would want to dispose of dog mess in "some way".The 56-year-old from Codnor Park said: "Human nature is not to carry a bag of dog poo around with you all day. "The thought of people taking that home in their cars or their camper vans, it's not going to happen - that's going to be abandoned." Forestry England suggested visitors bring scented bags, purpose-built pouches or old ice cream tubs and dispose of the dog waste when they get Maclean said: "The vast majority of people are responsible and we hope the responsible dog walkers continue to enjoy our woodlands but maybe plan ahead so that they bring a bag with them to take their dog poo home."Forestry England said in a social media post litter bins could often cause "problems" and called on people to bring a bag and take litter home with said: "They often overflow faster than we can empty them, and they attract wildlife, spreading litter and harming animals."Alex Dunderdale from Warwickshire agreed with the idea and said: "There's nothing worse than seeing overloaded bins. It encourages flies and wasps and people have got to be more responsible for their own litter."However, the 56-year-old added dog waste was a "whole different ball game" and said Forestry England should provide bins for people to get rid of the Taylor, who lives in Tenerife, said: "I don't think I've got enough faith in human nature to think that people would take all the litter home rather than use the bins, but it's a nice ideal." Mr Maclean said Forestry England had recently invested "heavily" in things such as play areas and changing facilities. "We think and hope that our visitors would agree that being able to do these types of things is a much better way of using our limited resources on site, than spending a lot of time and resources in dealing with waste and litter," he said."We very much hope that people can buy into that idea and support us by taking their litter home with them."
