Recycling poses one of Aspen’s biggest bear problems

Recycling poses one of Aspen’s biggest bear problems

As bear incidents have been increasing over the past couple months, it’s not just trash that is acting as an attractant. Recently, recycling bins have been posing a bigger challenge to mitigation and management. In July, Aspen saw 14 intrusions into unlatched trash, five container failures, and 16 recycling intrusions.  “Most of the intrusions are into recycling — not required to be ‘secured,'” Lara Xaiz, wildlife coordinator for the city of Asp…