California

Midway Sanitary District Serving the Community of Westminster and Midway City Does pet waste go into the green container? Yes. It is okay to put dog waste into the green container, however bagged cat waste and litter should be placed into the black container.

San Diego Dispose of waste thoughtfully: picking up after your pet is the number one way to help! If you are doing this at home, using toilet paper to pick it up and flush it down the toilet will ensure it is treated effectively.

San Francisco In 2016 Potrero’s Star King Open Space kicked off a first-of-its-kind system in San Francisco for composting dog waste designed to demonstrate how 32 million pounds of waste from an estimated 120,000 dogs could be diverted from the local landfill each year.  Complications with regulations and end processing prevented this program from initiating operations.

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State Legislative Action

California law prohibits the sale of a plastic bag or plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as “biodegradable,” “degradable,” “decomposable,” or as otherwise specified, eliminating dog waste pick-up bag marketing fraud.