Program History
The Watershed Protection and Parks and Recreation Departments have teamed up to
help clean up parks and creeks. Look for pet waste bag dispensers
in many of your favorite park locations including the Lady Bird Lake
hike and bike trail. Pet waste bag dispensers are designed to make scooping
poop painless. Simply use the bag as a glove, scoop the poop,
and throw the bag in the trash.
There are approx 115 Scoop the Poop boxes
installed throughout the city. At approximately 0.5 lbs. of pet
waste per bag, we are removing an estimated 1 million
lbs. of waste and the related bacteria from our parks a year.
Download a Scoop the Poop Flyer for Distribution.
Austin Park Statistics |
Year
|
Pet Waste Bags Distributed |
2001 |
75,000 |
2003 |
535,000 |
|
2006 |
967,000 |
2007 |
Over 1 million |
2008 |
Over 2 million |
|
Call Parks and Recreation at
3-1-1 if the Scoop the Poop box in your local park is empty.
Order
a Pet Waste Bag Dispenser
Scoop the Poop contact: email,
or call 512-974-2454
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