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  • From: yarrow@sfo.com
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Pet wastes....
  • Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:02:25 -0700

Pet wastes, unfortunately, don't often get flushed down the toilet.
Collection problems dictate that they end up just going back into the environment
untreated-- usually in plastic bags that end up in landfills. And purely as a
matter of convenience, I can't think of a much better place for them. The mechanics
involved in a nationwide collection and decontamination effort would be
daunting.


But that's why the link to the Fairbanks site is so exciting. The piles of waste from sled-dog teams were "away" (that place where garbage goes) on the frozen riverbanks in the winter, but a massive problem come spring when it all melted and flowed into the water. So the city determined to find a solution, and it did.
http://www.uaf.edu/coop-ext/compost/dogs.html







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