Program Details
The Watershed Protection & Development
Review and Parks & Recreation Departments have teamed up to
help clean up parks and creeks. Look for Mutt Mitt dispensers
in many of your favorite park locations including the Town Lake
hike and bike trail. Mutt Mitts are designed to make scooping
poop painless. Simply follow the directions on the dispenser box
and throw the bag in the trash.
There are approx 115 Scoop the Poop boxes
installed throughout the city. At approximately 0.25 lbs. of pet
waste per bag, we believe we are removing an estimated 135,000
lbs. of waste and the related bacteria from our watersheds a year.
Download a Scoop the Poop Flyer for Distribution.
Year
|
Mutt Mitts
Distributed |
2001 |
75,000 |
2003 |
535,000 |
|
2006 |
967,000 |
2007 |
Over 1 million |
Call Parks and Recreation at
3-1-1 if the Scoop the Poop box in your local park is empty.
Scoop the Poop contact: email,
or call 512-974-3540
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