2008/12/21 Ed Loach <[email protected]> > I wrote: > > From that I've so far used > > amenity=dog_bin > > d replied: > > I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to > > use or where you put your used dogs? :/ > > I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek, or where you are, but in the > UK (or at least this bit of it) it is an offence for dog owners not to clean > up any solid waste that their dogs leave in public areas, punishable by > fines. To assist with this (some) councils provide bins for such bagged > waste to save the dog walkers the hassle of carrying it home to get rid of > it. Not all do, alas, so on my mapping walk yesterday around some local > meadows I still had to watch where I was walking. And one dog owner who > walks their dog along our street has been seen bagging up the waste and then > disposing of the bag in a handy front garden (my stepdaughter spotted her > once doing so in our garden and took the bag back to her). > > In the area I was in yesterday, and the recreation ground I was looking at, > the dog bins are more numerous than the litter bins. > > I've never heard of them called dog bins before... There was a certain amount on tongue in cheek in my reply... A waste bin is for putting waste in, a waste paper basket is for putting waste paper in, a recycling bin is for putting recycling in, etc... so a dog bin, following the same logic would be for putting dogs in... Dog <insert work meaning excrement> bin would make sense... Or Dog waste bin in a more general sense, or to generalise even more incase of non-dog pets that may be found, pet waste bin... Just trying to suggest clear tagging :)
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