Waste Pro recognized for wildlife resistant containers

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recognized the Waste Pro garbage company on Tuesday for its efforts in providing wildlife resistant garbage containers to residents of Franklin County. The state agency presented a plaque to Waste Pro at Tuesday’s Franklin County Commission meeting. FWC representative David Paleska said half of the bear calls the FWC gets from Franklin County relate to bears getting into garbage cans and Waste Pro has done a lot to alleviate that by voluntarily offering wildlife resistant cans. Waste Pro is the first company in the state to offer the specially fitted garbage containers and Paleska said he hopes other companies will follow suit. Waste Pro began offering wildlife-resistant containers to customers in Franklin County on June the 1st. They cost 5 dollars a month extra for people who use them. And the cans do more than keep bears away from your garbage, they also seem effective against feral cats and dogs, raccoons, foxes, opossums and other wildlife. For more information on wildlife-resistant containers and to find out what you can do to avoid bear conflicts, go to MyFWC.com/Bear. Franklin County homeowners interested in the wildlife-resistant containers offered by Waste Pro can call 850-670-8800 or visit their Web site at www.wasteprousa.com.