The Editor,
Re. “Green bin buffet a ‘perfect storm’ for bears” (The Tri-City News, May 22).
Protecting garbage, green waste, food scraps and bears has been in the news a lot this spring. We all agree that we should do all we can to protect our environment and urban wildlife.
As we continue to clear cut and develop our way up Burke Mountain, this issue will not go away. Many of us will have critter guard locks for our bins soon.
However, one simple ecological action residents can do for their green waste, garbage and compost bins is to sprinkle a few litres of lime into your bins on a semi-regular basis — the same lime many of us spread on our lawns. This neutralizes odours that bears can detect form blocks away and will prevent animals from even approaching your bins.
V. Gorman,
Port Coquitlam
