An apparatus for packaging animal waste. In one embodiment, a platform has a surface over which waste may be deposited, and a pair of rollers positioned along an edge of the platform to receive a receiving substrate and a cover substrate, each substrate having first and second opposing edge regions. A first dispensing mechanism is positioned to provide the receiving substrate across the platform to the rollers； and a second dispensing mechanism is positioned to deliver the cover substrate to the rollers. Each roller is positioned to receive the edge regions of the receiving substrate and the cover substrate and press the edge regions of each against the other to join the edge regions together.
