On Dec 20, 12:02�am, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> Julie Bove > wrote:
> >We have raccoons here. �Which is one reason I'd rather put the food down the
> >sink. �They eat enough of my fresh garden produce. �I don't need them
> >getting in the trash as well!
>
> Raccoon-proof garbage cans are readily available.

Even plastic, RubberMaid makes them.

Happened to have a picture of the RubberMaid trash cans sitting in
their cart, kind of obscured behind the new garden cart I had just
finished putting together. So far no critters have gotten into those
RubberMaid trash cans in the five years I've used them.

http://i10.tinypic.com/869a4pc.jpg

SHELDON