Bears and Solid Waste
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Please remember to store your solid waste and other bear attractants securely until the morning of collection day.
Keeping bears away from your solid waste and other attractants will help prevent bears from becoming food-habituated and destroyed. Once a bear gets a taste of food waste it will routinely return in search of food.
From the Solid Waste Bylaw:
Every owner of a premises… must store all garbage, organics and recyclable materials in an animal-proof location or in an animal-resistant container until the scheduled collection day.
Cumberland is committed to preventing bears from being destroyed. You will receive up to $150 fine for not storing your solid waste in a secure location and a $100 fine for putting out your solid waste before collection day.
Find out more about managing your bear attractants to help prevent bears from being destroyed.
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