Waterloo, Ont., to turn dog poop into energy, fertilizer through pilot program
WATERLOO, Ont. — The Ontario city best known for headquartering BlackBerry may soon be known for an entirely different commodity — dog poop.
Waterloo will soon be the home of a pilot program that will turn dog waste into energy, using a process called anaerobic digestion that happens when organic waste breaks down in an environment without oxygen.
The city’s mayor, Dave Jaworsky, said this is one the first times this sort of program — which he jokingly calls “poop power” — will be implemented in a Canadian city.
Jaworsky said it’s eco-friendly and should help curb the amount of litter produced by the city of about 100,000 people.