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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
...in Bear Country
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO REDUCE HUMAN-BEAR
CONFLICTS AND MAKE FOOD SCRAPS RECYCLING A SUCCESS!
Bears travel extensively in search of food, and it is normal for them to pass through neighbourhoods located
near ravines, green belts and forested areas. Conflict occurs when bears gain access to unnatural food and then
stay in urban areas. By managing bear attractants, you can minimize human-bear conflict.
Food scraps and food-soiled paper currently make up nearly 50% of most household garbage. Removing
these organic materials from the waste stream will help us to get beyond our 55% recycling rate to meet
Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Challenge of 70% waste diversion.
Food scraps and yard trimmings makeup the majority of what attracts bears to our garbage. As food scraps
recycling programs get underway, it’s important to take extra measures to reduce human-bear conflicts.
• Dirty diapers and other personal hygiene items are still garbage and should still be securely tied,
stored inside or in a secure enclosure until the morning of pickup.
• Store all garbage and food scraps in the house, garage, shed or other secure enclosure.
• If you have to store your household garbage or food scraps outside: freeze odorous items,
especially meat packaging and the skin and bones of poultry and fish, until the morning of pickup.
• Keep diapers and other odorous materials inside until the morning of pickup.
• Remove bird feeders during bear season or suspend them very high.
Place only a small amount of high-quality food in the feeder and clean beneath it daily.
• Pick fruit from trees as soon as it is ripe, and remove any fruit that falls to the ground.
• Home composting is the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to dispose of food scraps, not to mention
the ‘black gold’ compost you’ll get as a result. If you have a home composter, please continue to use it. Remember to
cover “green” material with a 4” layer of “brown”, maintain equal amounts of “green” and “brown” materials, and aerate
frequently. Reminder: only fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags and yard trimmings can go into your home
composter. All other food scraps should be added to the yard trimmings container during the demonstration project.
For more information please visit www.gardensmart.ca.
• After using your barbecue, burn off excess food on high for 10 minutes and brush off any remaining food.
Empty and wash the grease catcher after each use.
• Cooperate with your neighbours to follow these suggestions. They will only be successful if everyone works together.