Program History
The Watershed Protection and Parks and 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 Lady Bird Lake
hike and bike trail. Mutt Mitts 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
|
Mutt Mitts
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 Mutt Mitt Dispenser
Scoop the Poop contact: email,
or call 512-974-2454
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