Residents push back against City’s plan for bear-proof trash cans
A black bear stands in a garbage container in Whitefish. (Photo courtesy Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks)
In response to the City of Whitefish’s newly signed contract with Republic Services to provide individual, bear-resistant trash containers and service them on the streets, residents penned 52 letters of opposition and several spoke out against the change at a recent meeting of the Whitefish City Council.
The change involves replacing the shared, 300-gallon containers currently in use with individual, 90-gallon trash containers that residents will have to put out on the street in front of their homes on trash pickup day...
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