Matthew Mazzotta was in Vermont, visiting his friend Guy Roberts. At some point, as you do, he and the friend got onto the subject of what the hell his friend was doing in Vermont. “I’m working on a ...

Mayor John Lewis dropped the first doggie bag into eTURD, the dog waste digester at Cosmo Dog Park, in Gilbert Saturday. The project is designed to help residents to clean up dog waste, reduce the ...

Officials in a Phoenix suburb are considering a plan that would turn dog waste collected from an area park into a green energy source. Don't pooh-pooh the idea before you hear it out. The city council ...

There is nothing glamorous about picking up dog poop. But, as dog owners, we do it anyway, because our four-legged friends can't do it themselves — and put simply: it's the right thing to do. In ...

While dog owners are generally quite proud of their pets, there is one aspect of living with a dog that no one is pleased with, namely the fact that they produce poop. Recently, a number of ...

Don't pooh-pooh the idea before you hear it out. The Arizona Republic reports that students from Arizona State University would design and create a "dog waste digester" that the city of Gilbert could ...

Tuesday's Pet Talk column on the proper disposal of dog waste in the face of disappearing plastic grocery bags triggered a flood of e-mails. Here are some answers to the most common questions: Q: What ...

Dilemma: Short of training my dog to hold it, is there a eco-friendly way to get rid of dog waste that's still sanitary? Of course I'll: Bag it and throw it in the garbage. Trade-off: I'm not sure the ...

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