Early in the challenge I wrote about putting dog waste in bins and wrote to the council to ask about what happens to it – and also whether it is possible to flush it down the loo in dissolvable bags (as suggested on a website). Here is the reply … I will look into Suez Energy Recovery … I also found UoB sends all it waste to energy recovery, so feels like an important process to know more about …
Dear Mr Coles
Thank you for contacting us regarding dog waste. Any waste deposited in our litter bins and dog bins is taken for Energy from Waste, primarily at Suez Energy Recovery Centre in Avonmouth. The waste (which includes the black sacks we collect form households) is used to generate electricity.
Thankfully we do not directly landfill any waste.
I sorry but I can’t comment about what types of bags are permissible to be flushed down the toilet. This will have to be answered by Wessex Water or Bristol, depending on your supplier. Looking at general advice I believe that only tissue paper can go down the loo. They campaign against wipes, washable wipes or degradable ones.
Please let me know if you have any further queries
Yours sincerely
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Strategy & Contracts – Campaigns, Technical Support and Project Officer
Neighbourhood Environmental Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
