If you throw your bagged dog poop into a neighbor’s trash cart, there’s a good chance you’ve made them mad — perhaps enough to get a tongue lashing or worse: a reciprocal bag on your doorsteps.
Why it matters: We take etiquette seriously here at Axios Twin Cities, digging deep into the biggest wedge issues in Minnesota, like shoes at house parties, free sampling of ice cream, how early is too early to mow your lawn and merging onto I-94.
Friction point: The question we posed last week about dog waste really got people fired up. We received nearly 100 reader responses to this one.
- It’s easy to see why it’s such an issue. A 2022 city study found that Minneapolis’ population of 112,000 dogs generates 15,340 tons of waste annually. Extrapolate those figures to the metro area, which has 8.7 times more people (and likely dogs), and we’re talking about 133,500 tons of poo per year. This stuff has to go somewhere.
The big picture: A majority of you said dumping it in a neighbor’s bin is disrespectful and makes for a stinky cart. But a sizable number also said they’re OK if someone’s bagged dog poop ends up in their bin, especially if it’s out on the curb on trash day, before the garbage truck arrives…