Robidog

Robidog is a Swiss brand of dog-waste disposal systems, best known for the Robidog dog toilet — a public dispenser of sealed bags combined with a waste receptacle. According to the brand's official website, the dog toilet was invented in 1981 by company founder Josef Rosenast, and the product became widely known under the ROBIDOG trademark well beyond Switzerland's borders. The range has since been steadily expanded into various areas of municipal waste disposal. Around 3,000 municipalities and a large number of private organisations now rely on the company's products. The ROBIDOG dog-waste disposal systems, ROBICLEAN waste disposal systems and ROBIBAG refuse sacks are distributed by ROBI AG, and further product information is available at robi-ag.com. The Robidog system is designed to make it easier for dog owners when their animal has defecated on public land. The bags can be used like a glove to pick up the excrement, which is then placed in the Robidog receptacle installed on public streets. The system has spread to several countries and cities around the world, including Vienna, New York and Tel-Aviv, and has become part of the standard equipment found in public spaces. The name is a registered trademark. Robidog is therefore a product brand rather than a standalone corporation: it sits within the portfolio of ROBI AG, a Swiss company based in Thun. Its identity is closely tied to the practical infrastructure of urban cleanliness — dispensers, bags and collection points — and to the municipal contracts that place them in public spaces. The brand's longevity since 1981 and its adoption by thousands of municipalities illustrate its role as a de facto standard in dog-waste management in Switzerland and beyond.

The Robidog story begins in 1981, when Josef Rosenast, founder of the Swiss company behind the brand, invented the dog toilet that would carry the ROBIDOG name. The invention addressed a persistent urban problem: dog excrement left on public streets. The solution combined a dispenser of sealed bags with a dedicated receptacle, allowing owners to pick up waste hygienically and deposit it on the spot. Over the following decades the product became widely known under the ROBIDOG trademark, extending well beyond Switzerland's borders. The official website states that the range was steadily expanded and diversified into various areas of municipal waste disposal. Alongside the core ROBIDOG dog-waste disposal systems, the portfolio came to include ROBICLEAN waste disposal systems and ROBIBAG refuse sacks. These products are distributed by ROBI AG, the Swiss company based in Thun that owns and operates the brand. The system's international reach is documented in reference sources: Robidog installations have appeared in several countries and cities around the world, including Vienna, New York and Tel-Aviv, and the equipment has become part of the standard furniture of public spaces. According to the brand, around 3,000 municipalities and a large number of private organisations now rely on its products, a figure that reflects its role as a de facto standard in dog-waste management in Switzerland and in export markets. Robidog is a registered trademark. Its history is therefore less a story of corporate restructuring than of a single durable product concept — the public dog toilet — that scaled through municipal adoption and a broadening product family under ROBI AG.

• 1981

  Josef Rosenast invents the dog toilet that becomes known under the ROBIDOG trademark.

• The product range is steadily expanded into various areas of municipal waste disposal, including ROBICLEAN systems and ROBIBAG refuse sacks.

• Robidog systems spread to cities in several countries, including Vienna, New York and Tel-Aviv.

• Around 3,000 municipalities and many private organisations rely on the company's products.

Municipal and public-space dog-waste management infrastructure; a long-established Swiss standard adopted by around 3,000 municipalities.

• Robidog dog toilet

  Public dispenser of sealed bags combined with a receptacle for dog excrement; the brand's founding product.

• ROBICLEAN waste disposal systems

  Waste disposal systems distributed by ROBI AG alongside the Robidog range.

• ROBIBAG refuse sacks

  Refuse sacks distributed by ROBI AG.

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