Great idea for bag stations
This article on the website of the city of Chandler, AZ discusses an innovative and cheap idea for bag stations for dog parks:
…an improvised dog-waste station consisting of a post, an old mailbox turned upside down, and recycled plastic grocery bags… The materials required for one of these stations — metal post, mailbox and signage — would cost approximately $50. The City would save money even after factoring in the expense of staff time to put the stations together. But the greater savings would be realized in the acquisition of plastic bags – obtaining donations versus purchasing them from a manufacturer.
The key to the entire project would be whether Chandler residents would buy into the program and bring their extra plastic grocery bags to the stations, and in enough quantities to meet the needs of the park. The program was successfully tested at Hoopes Park in the fall of 2004. Signs on the station clearly explained that dog waste is a threat to public health and degrades the quality of the park. Residents responded favorably to the simple message of “leave one, use one” and kept the box supplied with plastic bags.
