Powerloo & Wasteaway—Outdoor Poop Flushers

Powerloo
Powerloo

The Powerloo is supposed to be an environmentally friendly way to dispose of dog poop.  It’s an outdoor toilet that’s connected to your sewer and water lines for flushing poop you’ve scooped from your yard or poop you pick up on your walks in biodegradable bags. It comes in 6 different colors and will be $1000.  Kind of pricey, hunh?

I’m not sure how the amount of water used balances out against keeping plastic bags out of landfills.

Wasteaway
Wasteaway

There’s another flusher thingy called The Wasteaway. It attaches at the clean-out pipe for your sewer line and uses a mounted garden hose to flush the poop.  The opening looks kind of small—that could get really gross really quickly if your aim is bad.  At least you can control how much water is used.  The Wasteaway isn’t as pretty as the Powerloo, but it’s a lot cheaper at $175.

DNA Database To Identify Dog Doo & CCTV Peeping on Poopers

The town of Vercelli, Italy will be collecting DNA samples from all registered dogs to build a database.  Then, any unclaimed piles of poop littering the town will be tested and matched to the poopee resulting in a fine. What do you think the job title will be for that unfortunate job?

Vercelli isn’t the first town to do this.  Petah Tikvah, Israel implemented a similar poop DNA program.

Some UK towns are also keeping an eye on dog owners in a creepy, Big Brother way. Four different city councils in the UK —Derby, Bolton, Gateshead and Hartlepool—admitted they have used CCTV surveillance to investigate people not picking up their dog’s poop.