Keeping Raccoons Out of the Trash

Raccoon in park trash bin with plastic bag in its mouth.

They are at it again. The masked raiders have once again feasted in your trash bin and left a mess for you to clean up. It is difficult to keep these intelligent creatures out of the buffet in your side yard. This is a guide about keeping raccoons out of the trash.

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Keeping Raccoons Out of the Trash

How to keep raccoons out of the trash?

Shirley from Huntsville, AL

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By Anti-raccoon05/06/2007

We live in Florida and our Community backs onto a conservation area where racoons live.

We are principally a vacation renting community and therefore trash cans are placed curb side most days of the week.

Racoons patrol for food every night , over turning the trash cans and littering our streets with unhygienic household waste.

Our Home Owners Association have found a very simple device for securing the lids of our cans,.
It comprises a spring fastener, attached to the can wall by a bolt and nut, and an anchor bolted to the lid.

It was shown to our waste collection company, Waste Management, "THINK GREEN" who have approved
it.

I put my can curb side and now see that the raccoon no longer topple it, but look and walk on by because he knows he cannot get in.

We don"t have strewn trash anymore.

If any one would like more information please e-mail me at: flgerald AT earthlink.net