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to Enviro Pet Waste Network!
helping divert pet poop from landfill
The Enviro Pet Waste Network (EPWN) connects individuals and communities that are successfully diverting dog and cat waste from landfills with those who want to learn how to develop similar programs in their own cities and towns. This website will help you find eco-friendly options for managing pet waste.
Want to help reduce the environmental impact of cat waste or of dog poop at your home, business, park, beach, trail or community? You’ve come to the right place. It is estimated there are about 900 million dogs and 700 million cats worldwide!
Together we can do our bit to help save the planet and reduce our carbon pawprint!
Waste isn't waste until we waste it!
Our mission - Connect people to information supporting pet waste disposal methods that are kinder to the planet
Who are we and what do we do?
The Enviro Pet Waste Network (EPWN) is a US-based nonprofit (501c3) organization providing information to help dog and cat owners worldwide to reduce the carbon pawprint of dogs and cats. There are more eco-friendly ways of taking care of pet waste than sending it to landfill where it is buried decomposes extremely slowly in anaerobic conditions. This process creates methane, a harmful greenhouse gas.
Almost all countries in the world have signed up to the Paris Agreement to tackle the global emergency of climate change and reduce these types of emissions. Diverting pet waste from landfill is one piece of the organics zero waste puzzle.
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Together, we can keep pet waste out of garbage bins and dumpsters and stop it spoiling the landscape and polluting waterways and environments.
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