Looking For More Ways To Help Your Community Practice Stormwater-Friendly Pet Care?

Organize a Pet Waste Bag Giveaway

Make it easier for residents to clean up after their pets by organizing a pet waste bag giveaway. Use the resources below to: select a vendor to purchase a Bags-on-Board* type leash accessory; publicize your promotion with a press release and coupon; and contact pet store owners and veterinarians to ask for their help distributing a pet waste factsheet.

• Pet waste station and leash bags purchasing information
• Press release
• Coupon
• Do You Scoop the Poop? factsheet

* Bags-on-Board pet disposal product is a small canister filled with plastic bags that attaches to a pet’s leash. Bag refills are widely available wherever pet supplies are sold.

Adopt a Pet Waste Ordinance

Help your public officials make picking up after pets a requirement! Use the resources below to help the town draft an ordinance and issue press releases seeking public comment and announcing the adoption of the ordinance.

• Model ordinance
• Sample press release for public comment
• Sample press release for ordinance adoption

Continue the Publicity

Use our stormwater-friendly pet care tips to continue regular publicity about the importance of keeping pet waste out of our local waters