Add on to the business

[Dino]

Sorry if this is way off topic, but I respect you guys as business owners.

Just wondering what you guys think of this. The city that I live in seems to be teeming with dog owners. I walk my dog every day and of course have to dispose of his funtions. I sometimes have to carry a couple bags around with me the entire walk because, depending what route I take, there are no trash recepticals anywhere.

My question is, what do you guys think the logistics would be to get the city to buy some trash cans and disperse them throughout the city and contract someone, like me, to handle the emptying and maintenence of them. I was thinking of small iron type cans that hang off telephones poles for example. I have been tossing this idea around in my own head but would like to get a few opinions.

[dare630]

Most citys of any decent size have a City Works dept. that handle's most maintenance. (i.e. garbage collection.) If you can get around that, the only forseeable problem would be getting the phone / power company, who actually own's the pole, to allow you to mount the trash can.

[mmlawncare]

I too walk my dogs everyday, every morning actually, but I have my dogs trained to go in my backyard before we go walking. BUT, I have people with dogs that walk down my front sidewalk and think my yard is their yard and let their dogs do their thing on my yard and don't pick it up. Wow...that was a long sentence. Anyway...that is a good idea, but I could forsee several problems in trying to pass this idea. For starters, like Mr. Dare said, most cites have a Public Waste dept. that does garbage collection. Two, like was said, getting the pole owners to agree to it, and three, it would be nice to have for your own sake, but I would really have to be low on business to WANT to collect dog crap. Know what I mean? But it is a good idea...just see if you can get the word out, maybe like in a neighborhood meeting or something. They could probably talk to the Public Waste dept. more effenciently than you. For example, they would probably want to hear out a group of people rather than just one homeowner looking to add a convienience to his neighborhood. It's nothing against you, I just speak from experience. My 2.5 cents for today!