[thymine_dimer]

Quite a tangent, but for the purpose of avoiding anaerobic decomposition (and byproducts, CH4, H2S etc) of the dog poo and associated compostable bag (if you’re in one of those neighbourhoods), I do the same as your mum. If possible, flick it off the path. Else use a bag. Nature is full of the faeces of plenty of other things which we don’t bother picking up.

[Saline9515]

Depending on where you live, the patches of "nature" may be too small to absorb the feces, especially in modern cities where there are almost as many dogs as inhabitants.

It's a similar problem to why we don't urinate against trees - while in a countryside forest it may be ok, if 5 men do it every night after leaving the pub, the designated pissing tree will start to have problems due to soil change.

[rightbyte]

I hope you live in a sparsely populated area. If it wouldn't work if more people then you do it, it is not a good process.

[thymine_dimer]

It’s a great process where I live. But you’re right. Doesn’t scale to populated areas.

Wonder what the potential microbial turnover of lawn is? Multiply that by the average walk length and I bet that could handle one or two nuggets per day, even in a city.

That’s a side hustle idea for any disengaged strava engineers. Leave me an acknowledgement on the ‘about’ page.

[the_af]

It's ok in wild bushes (as long as children don't usually play there), but what's the justification for dumping it in other people's bushes and gardens?

They probably would say "no" if you asked them, so you probably shouldn't. The OP's mom, I mean.