Dog Faeces in East Dulwich!!

[AllisonAdler]

  On 13/02/2025 at 12:51, MCK100 said:

There are some bins in the park specifically for dog poo with lids you have to lift. I never use them because the idea of touching the lids makes me want to hurl. 

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Super easy to use the end of one's poo bag to lift the lid, and then you can just drop it in by letting lid and bag go! That's my method, anyway!

[PickledPorcupine]

Bit of advice. If you see someone letting their dog shit on the pavement, dont do the righteous middle class thing and tell them to pick it up, then boast about it to your chums at the next dinner party. 

Its far better to follow them home, at a distance, and take note of where they live. Later that night, go back to the address and leave some poo (a dogs or yours) all over thier doorstep. You can add a note too about cleaning up after their dog if you so wish. 

[Penguin68]

The question which poses itself is, is this a brand new troll or an existing troll in a new hat? 

[Sue]

  On 13/02/2025 at 15:20, Penguin68 said:

The question which poses itself is, is this a brand new troll or an existing troll in a new hat? 

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I think the latter, as there is a certain familiarity about the way the posts are written  .....

[Jellybeanz]

Council address for reporting very useful 

[Angelina]

Seriously? Just use a clean bag to lift the lid

[Ruffler]

Just my observation in Dulwich park, people staring at phones seem to pay only cursory attention to their dogs and are mostly oblivious to what they leave behind. 

[EDmummy101]

Council come and clean up next day if you report fog mess. Brilliant 

[Sue]

  On 21/03/2025 at 14:49, EDmummy101 said:

Council come and clean up next day if you report fog mess. Brilliant 

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But as noted before on other threads, and in fact also on this thread as I just looked back,  surely  it isn't the best use of council workers' time to come and clean up every time somebody reports dog mess?

If everybody reported every incident, the workers would be constantly going backwards and forwards. There is dog mess everywhere round here.

Plus it's not exactly an incentive to the people leaving the mess, if they know someone else will come and clear it up.

It just adds to our council tax bills. There must be better ways of addressing the problem, like more dog mess bins.

Then the workers presently responding to one off requests to remove one off piles of s**t could be more usefully employed in emptying those bins.

I do understand that the people with these incontinent dogs probably wouldn't use the bins anyway.

What do other boroughs do? What do other countries do? 

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[EDmummy101]

  On 25/01/2025 at 13:05, Sue said:

Well at least it's better than leaving the poo on the pavement.

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Not if someone wheels over it with a pram or a heavy footed person steps on it and it hasn't been tied up or is tied but explodes everywhere. Yuk!

Agree we definitely need dog poo bins back again, particularly near Peckham Rye park, along Crystal Palace Road, and by Goose Green.

[Sue]

  On 02/04/2025 at 06:47, EDmummy101 said:

Not if someone wheels over it with a pram or a heavy footed person steps on it and it hasn't been tied up or is tied but explodes everywhere. Yuk

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Has that ever actually happened?

The bags are quite bright, and don't blend in with the pavement, so are quite noticeable.

But surely there can't be many  cases where someone has bothered to put the s**t in a bag,  but then just leaves the bag on the pavement?

Edited Thursday at 13:18 by Sue

[i*Rate]

I went to France recently and in the city I visited there were large billboards on the main streets urging people to stop their dogs from messing on the streets and in a little park a sign said something to the effect that this park was built for your enjoyment not as a dumping ground for dog mess. There were also big signs about not fly tipping.

I wonder if councils are too worried about offending dog owners by making a fuss about this major problem. I was a dog owner for many years, got free bags from the council and there were even bins around then.

[Nigello]

The dedicated dog waste bins often were left overflowing and/or used as general rubbish bins so I’m not convinced we need them when most folk know they can chuck their pooch’s poo in any litter or green house bin.  
There will always be those who won’t clear up after their dogs. They’re boorish, uncivilised and often unhappy. Not much we can do about that. 
 

[Sue]

  On 04/04/2025 at 07:02, Nigello said:

The dedicated dog waste bins often were left overflowing and/or used as general rubbish bins so I’m not convinced we need them when most folk know they can chuck their pooch’s poo in any litter or green house bin.  
There will always be those who won’t clear up after their dogs. They’re boorish, uncivilised and often unhappy. Not much we can do about that. 
 

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That's true. They often weren't emptied.

But that is surely down to the council making sure they are regularly emptied, rather than an argument against bins per se.

If they can spare the staff to go and remove one off  piles of dog s**t from the pavement every time they are reported, it is surely not  beyond their capacity to empty the bins.

I don't have a dog, but I didn't know the green bags could be put in "any litter bin or green house bin"?

If that's the case, what's the point of having dedicated dog poo bins at all? Why not just publicise this more widely and/or increase the number of general litter bins?

[EDmummy101]

  On 04/04/2025 at 08:21, Sue said:

That's true. They often weren't emptied.

But that is surely down to the council making sure they are regularly emptied, rather than an argument against bins per se.

If they can spare the staff to go and remove one off  piles of dog s**t from the pavement every time they are reported, it is surely not  beyond their capacity to empty the bins.

I don't have a dog, but I didn't know the green bags could be put in "any litter bin or green house bin"?

If that's the case, what's the point of having dedicated dog poo bins at all? Why not just publicise this more widely and/or increase the number of general litter bins?

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Ideally I imagine it should be separated from household waste as it's a public health hazard, just like you'd put nappies in strong bags after wrapping them up.

Dog poo does seem to be everywhere so I definitely think there should be more dog poo bins again. Again back to cost I imagine. Round in circles we go!