We've often debated the about the unpleasantries of dog poo on lawns. How it gets onto machinery and/or sprayed around clothing or the face as one strims.
Many contractors will avoid gardens where the owner can't be bothered to clear up after their dog.
However it looks like there's money to be made from doing just that....clearing dog shit!
In the US the service is said to be worth millions.
"Founded in 2001 covering northern New Jersey, When Doody Calls now has 450 clients, said owner, Mary Ellen Levy. It’s part of a growing industry. Nobody tracks just how much the industry is worth globally, but Levy serves on the board of the Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists, which now has 90 member companies picking up pet waste across North America."
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160622-there-are-people-making-millions-from-your-pets-poo
There's a business opportunity here, me thinks.
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I just could not do that job of picking up poo. Unless it was my own pet. It's revolting.
Part of our duties as required within a town council contract we undertook was 1. empty 52 litter bins daily 2. clean a public toilet block.
Even though there were designated poo bins (17 in total) dog owners used the litter bins to deposit their dog poo sacs.
I successfully negotiated an uplift to the contract on the basis that our staff were exposed to extra health and safety hazards and that dog poo was not part of the specification.
Specialist waste contractors were paid separately for emptying and cleaning the poo bins bit, it seemed, we did all the work.
I'd have no hesitation clearing dog poo if the price was right.
Why don't you state that you will charge £1.00 per poo pile?
It may just come to it!
Where there's muck there's brass they say ! There's a polka dotted van trundles around our way doing this http://scoopdottydog.co.uk/
It's a sh*t job though.......
any idea what they charge to pick the mess up
sorry no idea - couldn't pay me enough to do it though ick !
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