Around 6.5 million tons of [mostly] plastic-wrapped dog poop winds up in landfills in the United States every year. As most cities see it, that’s the only safe option. Unlike wildlife scat, which ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A new initiative has taken off in San Francisco to convert dog poop into compost. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the program launched Sunday at an open space maintained by ...

If you own a dog, your yard probably has landmines. But beyond being an eyesore (and a shoe hazard), dog poop can be surprisingly destructive to gardens and lawns. It’s not the nutrient boost most ...

ITHACA — A group of upstate New York dog owners thinks it has a can-do plan to profitably compost the tons of dog doo left behind by the roughly 50,000 canines that use the city's pooch park each year ...

Why does everyone make such a big deal about picking up dog poop? According to my alma mater, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, there are an estimated 72 million dogs in the ...