text: My garbage service does not provide cans.I use the standard rubbermaid garbage cans with a tightly fitting lids like most everyone else in the country uses. I keep my garbage cans in the garage until pick up day then take them to the street that morning. I'm doing everything a normal, reasonable person would be  expected to do. 
  
  A 55 gallon drum is not an option as it would be too heavy to pick up and dump and the garbage men are certainly not going to loosen a bolt on the lock ring to dump the barrel. I'm assuming you are using that as an example of how to store your trash outside which is a good idea if you don't have a garage. 
  
  The real problem is there are too many bears in residential areas period. It's getting to the point where now people are criticized for their audacity to expect to have their trash picked up curbside because bears get into it. If it is hard for people to throw their trash away curbside the trash will then spills out into the vacant lots and woods. 
  
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