Dog Poop Stations

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I noticed at least a dozen dog poop stations In Old City. Still didn't seem to help.

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I noticed at least a dozen dog poop stations In Old City. Still didn't seem to help.

Old news. Negadelphia missed you.

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http://planphilly.com/old-city-resid...-poop-campaign

The Scoop The Poop team decided to provide dog waste stations with plastic bag dispensers and a can. They wanted something functional, fairly discrete, inexpensive and urban-looking. Inspiration came from a light-weight, ribbed plastic-like material spotted at a construction site. Kalter found a New Jersey distributer of the stuff. Her life partner, Joe Schiavo, enjoys a bit of industrial engineering, so he designed the bag dispensers and cans.

There are now about a dozen complete stations hanging on poles around Old City.

“It's genius,” said Jack Laffer, who lives and walks his chihuahua, Gino Franco, in Old City. “Whenever I walked my dog, I would see little...gifts, where people were not cleaning up after their dogs,” he said. It's gotten much better since the flyers and cans went up, he said. “Thank you for making an impact,” he said to Kalter, whom he knew only as 'the dog poster lady.'

But the fate of the Scoop the Poop bags and cans is uncertain.

The stations were put up on city property without city permission.

Kalter spoke to Abernathy, whom she knows from his days on outgoing First District Councilman Frank DiCicco's staff, before anything was hung. But they report different understandings of the conversation.

Abernathy says that acting as a liaison, he spoke to people who could grant permission, and the answer was no “because of long-term maintenance concerns.” Right now, Lucenti and Kalter are keeping bag dispensers full and emptying the cans. They have begun assembling other volunteers to help. A local vet has given sponsor money for bags. And the Old City District is helping out by picking up full bags left at curbside during its routine street cleaning sessions.

Volunteers are great, but people move, or lose interest in projects, Abernathy said. At minimum, more discussion with folks from city streets or the Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities is needed, he said.

Lucenti and Kalter are working on a formal proposal.

Stober, the Transportation and Utilities chief of staff, said “we would be pretty unlikely to grant permission” for any program that provided dog poop bags and dog poop-only receptacles.

“There is somewhat of a health concern around creating receptacles just for dog waste and concentrating animal waste in a single location,” Stober said.

And providing bags for poop sends exactly the wrong message to dog owners, he said. They need to carry their own bags at all times, rather than depend on a dispenser that might be empty, or not handy to the spot their dog picks.

[mixiboi]

http://planphilly.com/old-city-resid...-poop-campaign

The Scoop The Poop team decided to provide dog waste stations with plastic bag dispensers and a can. They wanted something functional, fairly discrete, inexpensive and urban-looking. Inspiration came from a light-weight, ribbed plastic-like material spotted at a construction site. Kalter found a New Jersey distributer of the stuff. Her life partner, Joe Schiavo, enjoys a bit of industrial engineering, so he designed the bag dispensers and cans.

There are now about a dozen complete stations hanging on poles around Old City.

“It's genius,” said Jack Laffer, who lives and walks his chihuahua, Gino Franco, in Old City. “Whenever I walked my dog, I would see little...gifts, where people were not cleaning up after their dogs,” he said. It's gotten much better since the flyers and cans went up, he said. “Thank you for making an impact,” he said to Kalter, whom he knew only as 'the dog poster lady.'

But the fate of the Scoop the Poop bags and cans is uncertain.

The stations were put up on city property without city permission.

Kalter spoke to Abernathy, whom she knows from his days on outgoing First District Councilman Frank DiCicco's staff, before anything was hung. But they report different understandings of the conversation.

Abernathy says that acting as a liaison, he spoke to people who could grant permission, and the answer was no “because of long-term maintenance concerns.” Right now, Lucenti and Kalter are keeping bag dispensers full and emptying the cans. They have begun assembling other volunteers to help. A local vet has given sponsor money for bags. And the Old City District is helping out by picking up full bags left at curbside during its routine street cleaning sessions.

Volunteers are great, but people move, or lose interest in projects, Abernathy said. At minimum, more discussion with folks from city streets or the Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities is needed, he said.

Lucenti and Kalter are working on a formal proposal.

Stober, the Transportation and Utilities chief of staff, said “we would be pretty unlikely to grant permission” for any program that provided dog poop bags and dog poop-only receptacles.

“There is somewhat of a health concern around creating receptacles just for dog waste and concentrating animal waste in a single location,” Stober said.

And providing bags for poop sends exactly the wrong message to dog owners, he said. They need to carry their own bags at all times, rather than depend on a dispenser that might be empty, or not handy to the spot their dog picks.