Dear Editor:
Regarding Gregor Gawronski's May 3 letter, Garbage Storing is a Bad Idea:
Possibly, Mr. Gawronski hasn't yet heard about the requirements for handling garbage. Firstly, of course, he isn't allowed to put anything in his backyard that might "attract more wildlife." For instance, he would contravene the B.C. Wildlife Act. Once he has, as required, separated the food scraps from the rest of his garbage, he will probably find that the remainder doesn't have any offensive smell, so there will be no problem with bagging it and storing it in his home. My own experience with the food scraps is that, kept in the handy bags sold in markets and temporarily secured with the kind of clips people use on partly emptied potato chip bags, there is no smell problem. But if there were, I'd freeze them as each bag became full, putting them in additional plastic bags if absolutely necessary. I think it most unlikely that any diseases would then be spread by any of my garbage. I do my disease spreading, involuntarily, by breathing out and by touching things like doorknobs in public.
I disagree with the headline. Garbage storing is a good idea. It lets you meet your obligations for handling the garbage, and saves you from breaking the law.
Anthony Buckland North Vancouver
