Who Knew? Upcycling the Dog Poo (article)
(original article found here: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/who-knew-upcycling-the-dog-poo/?ref=compost&_r=0 ) By Joanna M. Foster It’s been almost three years since a grand experiment began in Ithaca, N.Y., and the results are finally in. Yet there’s not much to show for it — and that’s what everyone was hoping for. As Kate Galbraith reported in September 2009, Allan H. Treman Marine State Park in Ithaca generated a lot of buzz by introducing a pioneering waste composting project in its dog park at the urging of a Cornell University professor and other dog owners. Nationally, some 78 million dogs produce over 10.6 million tons of dung annually. It poses public health risks if left on the streets, is harmful to the environment when left on the side of trails and takes centuries to decompose in plastic…
“Dog Poo: The Truth at Last” featuring Dr Pooper Scooper
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1K0MsIT_SI#t=25 For some reason I thought this guy's business was about composting the dog poop he collects. Any of you out there doing it? I don't see any reason why not. While I'm sure dog poop has all the crazy pathogens that everyone says it has, why would it really be any different in the grand scheme of things from other kinds of poop? Yes, there may be tapeworms or something similar but I'd still like to go for it and see how it works out. All the books say to keep your pet waste composting efforts separate from your normal pile. I would do that, but I don't really grow much food and I'll just use my vermicompost for my basil plant and two tomatoes. Given the right conditions…