Food scraps are banned from the garbage in 2015. Metro Vancouver, utilizing the humour befitting a regional planning authority, has trotted out a campaign featuring semi-masticated spring rolls and talking watermelons to get the message across. Reducing methane emissions is a good thing, but what about those homeowners who live within the smelling range of bears? Is food scraps recycling a good fit on the North Shore, or will it precipitate a Yogi Bear nightmare scenario as ravenous critters emerge in search of a pic-a-nic basket?
