[In response to “Surely We Can Find Better Trash Solutions,” Oct. 9, Xpress:] Come on, all you North Ashevilleans — keep your unadorned trash bins. Put them out within an hour or two of the expected pickup times and spray them inside and out with ammonia.
Having been a three-times-in-one-day victim of Maurice (our local curmudgeon bear) on a day when Asheville city forgot our collection entirely, I can attest that this effort will likely spare you from bear snacktime. I do admit, however, that pickup time is not always as expected.
— Margot Kornfeld
Asheville
3 thoughts on “Letter: Preventing bears from snacking on your trash”
Can others verify that ammonia will keep bears away?
The litter from the cat box works too…so ammonia makes sense
“snacking on your trash”
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?