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50,000 dogs call Vancouver home. Now the City wants help dealing with their waste.

Mornings with Simi

English - September 05, 2019 18:57 - 9 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Depending on which estimate you go by, there are anywhere from 32,000 to 55,000 dogs in the City of Vancouver.

That means there’s a lot of waste - and that has to go somewhere.

Over the past few years, there have been special bins put at a few city parks to help keep dog waste out of general garbage bins - but that means someone has to manually sort through that to separate the doggy bags, from the doggy droppings.

Now, the City wants to figure out a better way forward. And if you have ideas, they want to hear from you.

Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung

Vancouver City Councillor

Depending on which estimate you go by, there are anywhere from 32,000 to 55,000 dogs in the City of Vancouver.


That means there’s a lot of waste - and that has to go somewhere.


Over the past few years, there have been special bins put at a few city parks to help keep dog waste out of general garbage bins - but that means someone has to manually sort through that to separate the doggy bags, from the doggy droppings.


Now, the City wants to figure out a better way forward. And if you have ideas, they want to hear from you.


Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung


Vancouver City Councillor