Hikers walking the trails of Corner Brook, N.L, have picked up on a new doggie bag made especially for green-minded puppy-walkers.

The Corner Brook Stream Development Corporation, which is responsible for developing and maintaining the walking trails within the city, is dispensing free biodegradable doggie bags to encourage hikers to clean up after their pets while helping the environment.

Brent Humphries, CBSDC's executive director, said the project has been extremely successful and will continue through the fall and winter.

"We've noticed it's being used a fair bit, there's a steady consumption of bags," Humphries said. "We're finding a lot of our bags in the garbage when we clean out the garbage receptacles."

The Ecosafe bags, which are sold in stores for about 20 to 30 cents per bag, are made of a biodegradable plastic that breaks down into carbon dioxide, water and humic matter, the organic part of soil.

"I like the idea of it being biodegradable and breaking down," Humphries said. "It's a nice product."

He said the project has improved the beauty of the trails while preventing the spread of disease among dogs.