Garbage & Recycling Bins

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Scuba Steve said:
I think you will find they won't pick up anything else but the county issued one. Someone hit one of mine last week and broke it.

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Makes sense, I should have thought of this prior to my post.
 
sburns said:
I was going to say something similar, in TO the raccoons can get into anything. I have to put large stones on top of my municipal provided garbage and recycling bins. They can be easily opened. In fact I came home one night and watched the raccoon stand there with the lid open. Didn't even flinch, I went inside. Not a problem after using the stones on top.

I take it @Jampy00 the city doesn't make you use their bins?
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I use a bungee cord to keep the lid firmly shut and the 'coons out.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Regular Rubbermaid garbage bin will keep the animals out. Put it and and recycling bins in the back of the truck to put them at driveways end. Pick up recycling bins right after the truck comes as leaving them sitting empty is when they blow all over.
I've never had a problem with this method. Coyotes howling a hundred meters away when I'm putting the bins out is the only issue I've had but they always leave me alone.
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Haha. You must have country raccoons! The city dwellers work in teams, they’ll open a Rubbermaid Roughneck bin in about 10 seconds.

I have a large Rubbermaid deck box that I used to lock with a caribiner … raccoons solved that, now I use a locking shackle.

At my place up north, we have those big wheeled bins thst are picked by an arm on the garbage trucks. I bolted a 12”x12” x 1/2” steel plate to the base, 20lbs of ballast keeps them from and blowing over.
 
Country raccoons don’t have time to spend on our bins. They’ll end up getting eaten if they’re in the open area that long.
 
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