Call for new dog poo bins so that people don’t throw bags ‘anywhere they like’
A Co Down councillor has been critical of a dog poo loophole resulting in pet owners “flicking” bags of mess “anywhere they like”.
The grey area was identified at Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s environment committee.
A debate on environmental crime has now shown that the delivery of dog poo dispensing bags does not include the provision of new bins to dispose of the mess.
Alderman James Baird said: “I do welcome the new dog poo bag dispensers.
“But, does the council then look towards providing bins around these dispensers?
I would say that more bins would be needed or people would more likely be flicking it anywhere they like.”
A report before has identified seven new locations for dog poo bag dispensers with an additional order of refills for current dispensers being made, but no new bins.
A council officer responded: “We are always assessing the need for bins, but really we are looking at just the bag dispensers at this time.”