"PWD crews are busy this morning replacing trash receptacles in the #NorthEnd. The new, rodent resistant receptacles will assist our efforts in mitigating rat & seagull activity," the public works department wrote Friday on X.
Urban Rodentologist Robert M. Corrigan, Ph.D., wrote in the city's official BRAP report that 'All rat infestations were strongly associated with nearby food trash occurring either in dumpsters, residential flimsy plastic cans, or via simple plastic bags dropped randomly on the curb areas for pickup.'
The report said the trash issue 'could be easily reduced or eliminated with some modicum of basic attention to community sanitation or property-level pride.'
The enclosed trash bins securely contain the regular open containers and target streetside trash, which is a major draw for the pesky rodents.
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