More Toronto parks are getting special bins for dog waste

Thestar.com
Aug. 30, 2021
David Rider

The city of Toronto is expanding the number of parks with bins specifically for dog waste.

A total of 40 such bins will now be available in parks with high dog traffic, up from 10 in the first phase of a pilot project launched in May.

Previously, dog owners were told to dump the waste in the park garbage bin or take it home and put it in their household green bin, as remains the case for people using parks with no special pet waste bin.

The initial phase of the bin program successfully increased the amount of waste helping to make compost and diverted it from the garbage stream, where it sometimes contaminated waste that could have been recycled.

The city says the processing of organics also “produces biogas, which can be upgraded into renewable natural gas and used by the city to help power its vehicles and facilities, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”

Two bins in the experiment’s first phase were dropped due to low usage.

The city says it expects to add bins at more locations in November.

Current location of parks with the special dog waste bins are:

125 Homewood Ave.
10 Niagara St. (three bins)
45 Dunfield Ave.
55 Rosehill Ave.
88 Broadway Ave.
150 Kilgour Rd.
Curzon Street, south of Dundas
176 The Esplanade
Market Street and The Esplanade
24 Tyndall Ave.
Lake Shore Boulevard East & Norther Dancer Boulevard (two bins)
70 East Liberty St.
108 Liberty Street
Strachan Avenue and East Liberty Street
Fort York Boulevard and Grand Magazine Street
3 Bastion St.
Fort York Boulevard and Bastion Street
Fleet Street and Bastion Street
Lawren Harris Square (two bins)
Lower River and Trolley Crescent (two bins)
Bayview Avenue and Lawren Harris Square (three bins)
Bayview Avenue and Front Street East
Bayview Avenue and Mill Street (two bins)
Tannery Road and Front Street East
Queens Quay West and Eireann Quay
540 Queens Quay W.
916 Logan Ave.
161 Sammon Ave.
1535 Yonge St.
248 Oriole Parkway

1 Elm Ridge Circle (two bins)