There will be fewer surprises underfoot, and less smell from some garbage cans, in Port Moody.
On Tuesday, council decided to expand the city’s dog waste diversion pilot program to three more locations.
Specially marked dog waste bins will be installed at Bert Flinn Park, on the Shoreline Trail and on the Alfred Howe Greenway.
In April 2016, the city established its first dog waste bins at the Rocky Point Park dog park and at a trail connection at Klahanie Drive to see if the cans would reduce the amount of doggy doo in nearby general waste bins.
Since then, the two bins have collected an average of 700 litres of dog poo per month, which is sent to Metro Vancouver’s wastewater treatment facility at Iona rather than to a landfill, according to a report presented to council. They’ve also reduced by 30% the waste volume collected in those areas by parks maintenance crews, allowing them more time to work on other projects.
“It’s anticipated that further expansion of the overall program could result in further maintenance efficiencies,” said the report.
Adding the three new locations will increase the annual operating costs of the pilot program from $10,100 to $16,600, which will be funded from the city’s sanitation utility reserve.
