Submitted by Maxcactus t3_y8spz3 in washingtondc
Fireye t1_it2yva4 wrote
I saw this on WUSA9 yesterday, and they recommended...
> Brown offers a few suggestions:
>* Avoid throwing food waste in trash cans, and use your garbage disposal instead possible >* Wait to bring food waste out to the trash til pickup day >* Collect garbage in a bin with a lid >* Call 3-1 to report issues
I feel like plumbers are going to love that first suggestion.
stache_twista t1_it3a17z wrote
I used to live in Chicago and a rat literally chewed through the wall under my sink to get to the scraps in my trash can. Don't leave food waste in open trash cans in your home.
Snow_source t1_it3itwx wrote
> Call 3-1-1 to report issues
It took me weeks of bothering 311 to get them to come poison the rat colony in the alley behind my old apartment.
It ended up doing nothing because the pre-k next door kept vast amounts of food waste unsecured.
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