Dog poo question

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Can i put our dog poop from the garden down the manhole that comes out of our house? Its what our toilet connects to. We flush it through with hot water.
I read online that some say yes you can do this others say no.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
 
According to Thames Water - found on another site:

Our sewers and sewage treatment procedures are designed for human waste only. Animal waste decays differently to human waste. The conveyance of dog waste in the sewers, might not cause any damage to the fabric of the system, but for public health reasons we must ask you not to use our sewers for this purpose.

We know that dogs suffering from intestinal worms, transmit the eggs in their faeces. The eggs can survive sewage treatment and remain harmful to humans. Therefore, as a matter of policy, we don’t allow the disposal of dog or any animal waste into our sewerage system.
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I imagine that a lot of people do and yours would probably go undetected! However, maybe compost bags would be best?
 
Slightlyconfused said:
What are compost bags?
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Well if I have anything too disgusting to get rid of I put it in a council compost bin (we get given one here, emptied weekly). You can buy degradable bags to put in it. So I suppose I would line a lidded bucket with one, poo scoop into it and use that?
I don't actually do that, I was just thinking how to get rid of dog poo in a surburban garden.
 
It really shouldn’t go in councils green waste bins, the composting process isn’t designed to ensure that all pathogens from faeces are destroyed. Our council ask that all dog/cat poo goes in the bin for landfill. Sewage works ideally not for the reasons given above, if the process isn’t sufficient to kill pathogens carried by dogs, then the sewage ‘cake’ solids may be spread to land or the liquid effluent released to watercourses without all pathogens being destroyed.
 
BBP said:
It really shouldn’t go in councils green waste bins, the composting process isn’t designed to ensure that all pathogens from faeces are destroyed. Our council ask that all dog/cat poo goes in the bin for landfill. Sewage works ideally not for the reasons given above, if the process isn’t sufficient to kill pathogens carried by dogs, then the sewage ‘cake’ solids may be spread to land or the liquid effluent released to watercourses without all pathogens being destroyed.
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Interesting. Luckily I can just chuck mine over the wall, if the dogs get caught short and go in the garden! I put dead chickens in the compost bags though!!
 
Our council specifically says not to put dog faeces in the green recycle bin, it says to double bag and put in for landfill which is what I do. Seems odd to me when it is biodegradable that it has to be double bagged to stop the degrading process but I can see it is necessary for hygiene reasons for the poor bin men!

I didn’t realise you weren’t meant to flush them down the drain, that’s useful to know
 
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