permaculture

[yarrow@sfo.com]

> 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