24th August, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
Sometimes, being subtle just doesn’t cut the mustard. Of course, ‘in your face’ tactics don’t work for everyone, but when it came to the latest campaign against dog mess, Hastings council decided that it needed to make sure the message came across loud and clear.
The council’s promotional literature for the anti dog fouling campaign is designed to hit hard. Its message is simple, with posters reading “Oi, we’re not takin’ your s**t, anymore”. Whilst councillors in charge of the campaign are adamant that their promotional products, materials and promotional merchandise – including car stickers – are a hit with the general public, they have received criticism from some. One person who was opposed to the campaign’s use of foul language suggested that the council has simply “dumped on themselves”.
However, dog fouling is a very serious matter and one that is becoming increasingly problematic. Many councils, in addition to using poster campaigns and employing wardens, also find that certain promotional products can help to encourage pet owners to clean up after their animals. Promotional merchandise, such as Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bags and biodegradable poo bags, have been shown to work to great effect.
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17th August, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
One borough council has cracked down on dog waste, after a clean up operation saw staff pick up seventy bags of dog mess. Shepway council staff took part in the clean up operation in the Radnor Park dog exercise area and on the beach of the Lower Leas Coastal Park, after it was revealed that dog poop was being left behind by pet owners.
One Dog warden for the area told the BBC that she was shocked that people were ignoring signs and using the area as a dog toilet, rather than as the recreational area it should be. The local council have now made it clear that owners of dogs will face a thousand pound fine in future, if they refuse to clear up after their pet.
Indeed, there are many promotional products and items of promotional merchandise that local councils can and do, employ to help with the issue of pet waste. Items of promotional merchandise, such as Doggy Doo Bags and their accompanying promotional products, biodegradable poo bags, make clearing up far easier, more convenient and hygienic for the pet owner, to the benefit of all parties.
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9th July, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
The Forestry Commission will be on guard from the 12th July – 18th July 2010 to raise awareness as to the continuing dog fouling problem throughout Nottingham’s most visited beauty and wooded areas. Rangers will be armed with spray cans, to literally ‘highlight’ the problems caused by dog mess that has been left behind by irresponsible and lazy pet owners.
According to the Nottingham Post, the areas that will be visited by rangers during the awareness campaign include, Boughton Brake, Sherwood Heath and Ollerton Pit Wood. These areas of natural beauty have been desecrated by dog owners, who have either simply left dog poop without clearing it up, left dog poop bags lying on the floor, or – quite unfathomably – hung bags of dog poop from trees.
Even though The Forestry Commission has provided bins specifically for the purpose of disposing of pet mess, the problem seems to be escalating – hence the education days planned by rangers. Rangers visiting the areas during the times specified will also be encouraging animal owners to correctly dispose of any foul mess left being by their pets by handing out promotional merchandise bags, similar to the very popular promotional products – Biodegradable Poo Bags.
Indeed, pet owners who struggle to find and use dog mess disposal bins often find that items such as promotional merchandise Doggy Doo Bags are ideal for walking your pet in wooded, forest or park areas. These promotional products are convenient for pet owners as they clip handily to pet leads and as such can be hygienically transported to the next dog poop bin.
The Doggy Doo Bags promotional merchandise is also personalisable. So should any organisation wish to use these items as promotional products to spread their message and encourage pet owners to clean up, these really are ideal.
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15th June, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
Greater Manchester Council has decided to enforce some pretty stringent measures on pet owners in the area. In a bid to encourage dog owners to clear up after their pets, dog walkers will now have to keep pets on leads which are under two metres long.
The laws apply to parks and open spaces within the area and mean that pet owners will no longer be able to use retractable leads. Those caught flouting the law could face fines of up to one thousand pounds.
However, the new measures are not without controversy. A representative for The Kennel Club told the BBC that the laws seemed ‘arbitrary’ and would probably be ‘ineffective’.
Rather than denying dogs the freedom to run and exercise, the local council could explore the use of promotional products to help with the problem. Indeed, many council boroughs have turned to promotional merchandise, such as Doggy Doo Bags, to help with an otherwise ‘foul’ problem.
The use of promotional products, such as Doggy Doo Bags, give pet owners an ‘on-hand’, convenient and hygienic way to deal with their pets’ mess. Complimented by promotional merchandise, such as biodegradable poo bags, Doggy Doo Bags conveniently clip to pet leads, making the length of the leash irrelevant.
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28th May, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
Site Wardens at Purbeck Nature Reserve are at their wits ends trying to deal with dog mess left behind by pet owners. Bizarrely, the pet owners are going to the lengths of bagging up the dog mess, but are not taking it away with them. The RSPB nature reserve attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year and those in charge of the area do their best to keep it as nature intended. However, they have recently removed in excess of fifty bags of dog poo in one day, from areas such as hollows of trees, storage cupboards around the visitors centre and even some lodged in public toilets.
Perhaps part of the problem is simply lack of access to proper disposal? One site warden, who was interviewed by the Bournemouth Echo, admitted that even if pet owners use promotional products such as Biodegradable Poo Bags, there were no dog bins on site to dispose of their bags. Promotional merchandise, such as Biodegradable Poo Bags, are very popular with pet owners and dog walkers, but the warden from the Purbeck Nature Reserve said that dog bins to dispose of the dog mess were very expensive to maintain and as such there were none on-site.
One possible solution to the problem at the bird nature reserve is to encourage visitors to use promotional products such as Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bags. Produced as promotional merchandise, the Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bags could even be sold by the reserve in its visitor centre. These ingenious promotional products are designed to be clipped to dog leads – making handling and transporting pet poo far more sanitary and convenient. Designed to be used with promotional merchandise such as Biodegradable poo bags, the Doggy Doo Bags offer a convenient solution to a very inconvenient problem!
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20th May, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
Sunderland Council wardens have had to admit defeat and back down after a woman won her appeal to have a dog mess fine lifted. Pam Robson, a great-grandmother, who lives in Wearside was walking her dog, Derik, in a field in Houghton-le-Spring during January. She was distracted by a telephone call when her Labrador ran off to answer a call of nature. Mrs Robson then cleaned up what she believed to be her dog’s mess. She was then approached by two council officials, who said she had cleaned up the wrong dog mess and issued her with a £50 fine.
Mrs Robson protested and proceeded to clean up the correct mess, but the council wardens would not revoke the fine. She subsequently received a fine in the post, along with threat of a criminal record, should she refuse to pay. Refusing to back down, Mrs. Robson contacted a solicitor and her local MP, until the fine was eventually revoked by the council.
Dog mess continues to be a problem for councils up and down the county. Whilst many councils tackle the problem with considerable success using free promotional products and promotional merchandise – such as Doggy Doo Bags and promotional merchandise such as Unscented Biodegradable Poo Bags – other councils are taking a rather more hard-line approach.
Boroughs are having to resort to employing dog wardens to patrol areas in which people frequently walk their dogs, in the hopes of discouraging and fining repeated offenders. As effective as these methods may be, sometimes a little diplomacy and leeway are called for.
Using promotional products such as the Doggy Doo Bags and handing out free promotional merchandise such as Scented Biodegradable Poo Bags encourages owners to clear up after their pets and also provides a means for them to do so.
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14th May, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
The Environmental Scrutiny Committee for Cardiff recently held a meeting to discuss a funding crisis which is preventing them from addressing the large scale dog fouling issue the area faces. Initiatives to address the problem had been trialled in certain areas of Cardiff – namely Splott – and whilst local communities backed the campaign, funding issues have prevented it from being a success.
Not content with merely ‘cleaning up’ the parks and green areas in the Splott district of Cardiff, a spokesperson for the committee told the Guardian that they wanted to ‘tackle the heart of the issue’.
They hoped to achieve this by utilising Cardiff City Council’s 101 service. This service provides pet owners with free promotional merchandise – much like Doggy Doo biodegradable poo bags. It also provides a free micro chipping and neutering service, as well as other types of promotional literature and promotional products – poop scoops, promotional badges, stickers and other promotional merchandise.
However, figures show that over two hundred people used the free microchipping and neutering service, but less than five people used the Councils 101 service to report incidents of dog fouling.
In addition to the use of promotional products, the committee had hoped to get a further twelve thousand pounds in funding to use on doggy poo bins and bag dispensers, together with signage with greater impact. The application for funding was, however, rejected on the grounds that it would be far too expensive for the council to make collections from the dog bins or even cover additional collections from regular bins.
The committee remains determined to address dog fouling by providing the public with further promotional products, such as Doggy Doo biodegradable poo bags and by increasing the spot fine powers of the police and community support officers.
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7th May, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
Torbay City Council has announced the start of its summer beach dog ban. From the beginning of May until the end of September, dog walkers will be prohibited from walking their dogs on ten of the beaches in the Torbay area. Torbay Council are in league with the rest of the country, joining in on the tough crack down against dog foulers and putting a £500 fine in place for anyone who flouts the rules.
The full list of beaches from which dogs are banned during the summer season has been listed by the BBC and is as follows: Breakwater, Broadsands, Corbyn Head, Goodrington Sands (South), Hollicombe, Meadfoot (South-western part), Oddicombe, Paignton Sands, Preston Sands and Torre Abbey Sands.
However, there are still eighteen beaches in the Torbay area which are dog friendly. Dog walkers, however, should remember that they are still expected to clean up after their dog if it makes a mess. One of the more convenient promotional products that councils can use to encourage pet owners to clear up their dog’s mess are Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bags.
As far as promotional merchandise goes, the Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bag scores high on all fronts. It is practical and stylish, easy to use, easy to transport and because it clips on to the dog’s lead (allowing for a more ‘hands off’ approach until a suitable disposal area is found) it is hugely popular with pet owners.
Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bag packs with 10 biodegradable poo bags are essential promotional products to accompany the Eco Friendly Doggy Doo Bag. These items of promotional merchandise allow for efficient and hygienic disposal of dog mess. Already adopted by many Boroughs, these promotional products have proven their popularity and success by repeatedly encouraging pet owners to clean up and leave the streets (and beaches) dog mess free.
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14th April, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
The BBC has recently reported that an increase in dog fouling – which one Councillor has dubbed ‘the last social taboo’ – has led to Newark and Sherwood District Council enforcing an outright ban on dog walking in seventy Nottinghamshire parks. Anyone caught walking their dog in any of the parks where the ban is being enforced will have to pay a seventy five pound on-the-spot fine.
The move comes as part of a council-wide crackdown campaign that will see pet owners forced to adhere to a number of draconian dog walking restrictions which are being imposed upon open spaces.
Those pet owners who routinely use promotional products such as Doggy Doo bags to clean up after their dogs are perhaps understandably calling the ban by Newark and Sherwood District Council ‘unfair’ and ‘extreme’.
However, whereas many other council boroughs have gone to great lengths to hand out promotional merchandise, such as Biodegradable Poo Bags, to encourage pet owners to clear up after themselves, Newark and Sherwood District Council will be calling upon park rangers, animal welfare officers and police community support officers to enforce a zero tolerance approach.
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9th April, 2010 | Posted by EcoPromo |
Bolton News has released details of a campaign by Bolton Council to crackdown on Dog Waste. Following the receipt of over five hundred complaints regarding dog mess in Bolton over the past year, Bolton Council has reacted by coming down hard on pet owners who fall foul of the rules. As part of an initiative entitled ‘Love Bolton, Hate Litter’, Bolton Council aims to get people to change their habits to benefit the environment, or face a fine if they refuse to change their ways.
Bolton Council has already issued eleven dog fouling related fines since the campaign began a month ago and the Council has also handed out over two thousand promotional products and promotional merchandise items – similar to Doggy Doo bags – in a bid to encourage pet owners to clean up their own mess.
In conjunction with handing out the promotional merchandise, including Biodegradable Poo Bags, Bolton Council has allocated wardens to patrol key dog mess areas during popular dog walking times, especially at dusk and dawn. It is hoped that the presence of dog mess patrol wardens will actively encourage the use of the free promotional products.
Other boroughs which are blighted by dog mess can look to Bolton for inspiration. A council spokesperson for Bolton revealed that the campaign has thus far been a success, commenting that “In general, feedback from dog owners has been very positive, with the vast majority of people welcoming the council’s efforts to change behaviour and promote responsible dog ownership”.
Residents in Bolton can also report dog mess offenders to the council by telephone or online, on the council website. Humorous though the subject matter may be, dog mess presents a very real health hazard to those in the affected areas.
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