Anonymous wrote:The cans belong to the household. If you back your car over it, you are required to purchase a new one. I would place a note and it that didn’t stop the person, I would get a camera or sit in wait 😎

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Anonymous wrote:OP here I just looked up signs online . Where exactly should I stick it in order for dog poppy pirates not to miss a sign ?. On the top of lid ? Or the front , not sure where will trash bin will be facing once trash gets picked up ?
Or maybe on top of the lid and all four sides ? So people do not even approach ,

Put one wherever a person's hand would naturally go to open the lid depending on the lid design.

Anonymous wrote:Don't leave your garbage cans on public property - put them in your yard, not in the alley. That will solve 95% of the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:No harm in putting a sign on your garbage lid that says "Please No Dog Poop. Thanks!"

If I'm a ways from home, I will put dog poop in a full trash can, and I will sometimes if I am really far from home put it in an empty can. However; I won't put it in a can that says "please don't put dog poop in our can" or something like that. I recall there is one cute sign, "We love your dog but not his poop! Please don't put it in our can."

Anonymous wrote:I would put a sign on the trash bin. It's something like "Do not put dog poop in the trash bin. You're on candid camera. Watch yourself on Nextdoor tomorrow."

Anonymous wrote:No harm in putting a sign on your garbage lid that says "Please No Dog Poop. Thanks!"

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that say put up a camera, for what? So you can confront the person? "Stop putting your dog poop in the trash bins that I use that belong to the county...or else!!!"

These are government issued trash bins. There is nothing you can do. Confront all you want, but the person isn't going to care and will keep doing it. And no, I don't have a dog.

Anonymous wrote:OP here I just looked up signs online . Where exactly should I stick it in order for dog poppy pirates not to miss a sign ?. On the top of lid ? Or the front , not sure where will trash bin will be facing once trash gets picked up ?
Or maybe on top of the lid and all four sides ? So people do not even approach ,

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Anonymous wrote:Don't leave your garbage cans on public property - put them in your yard, not in the alley. That will solve 95% of the problem.

Yes! There's definitely am overlap of the people who complain about poop in their came and the people who leave their cans out 24/7 and have them block the alleys and sidewalks.

Anonymous wrote:Don't leave your garbage cans on public property - put them in your yard, not in the alley. That will solve 95% of the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:If it's DC, the cans are the government's and public property. If not in DC, tip your garbage people will and they will tightly fit the lids back on and push your cans in to discourage poop pirates

Doesn't matter who owns it; it is still rude to the person who has to use it and perfectly fine for OP to leave a note that it is a problem for her. Plenty other cans to use -- choose one where there's a dog in the yard barking at your dog.

But that's the point, if it's govt property, everybody gets to use it within reason. No they cannot trespass onto your property to use it but if it's sitting right there on the street, then yeah.

I’m not in DC, so I’m curious about this. If the cans are government property, how can they require a private citizen to take any responsibility for them? In NYC, your cans are your property, and you can be fined if you don’t deal with your trash properly.