If you’re out for walkies this weekend, scoop the poop!
SOUTH Dublin County Council this week launched the first of its Green Dog Walker poop-awareness stands, another step forward in its continuing battle against the sticky problem of dog fouling.
As part of its ongoing dog fouling campaign, the council, a number of years ago, introduced the Green Dog Walker scheme, which invites people to be responsible dog owners.
According to Mayor Mark Ward, who launched the first of seven stands in County Hall,Tallaght this week: “This is a very pro-active and positive step forward in the continuing battle against dog fouling and I encourage all citizens of South Dublin County to engage in this scheme.
“These new Green Dog Walker pop-up stands have been developed to provide information on the scheme and also to provide dog fouling bags for people free of charge.
“It will also display the Green Dog Walker participants materials, which includes a dog bone that contains dog fouling bags and an armband in a bid to encouraging people to sign up to the scheme.
“There will be seven stands in public buildings across the County and one that will be made available to groups for promotion at community events.”
In recent years, the council has engaged in radio and cinema adverts to increase awareness around the issue of dog fouling in communities.
According to the council: “In addition, there are three different types of dog fouling signs available, of which, over 200 were made available during 2017 alone.
“These signs are available on request and considered on a case-by-case basis as they are erected on demonstrated need.
“Dog-fouling stickers are also currently being piloted to show that all bins in the county are suitable for such dog litter, and bespoke one-off signs are being placed in South Dublin County Council parks which were designed by St Joseph’s Special School, Tallaght.”
Further details on the stands will be posted on www.sdcc.ie and the council’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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