This garbage bin is located at the Dolly Varden picnic area in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia. Good quality bear-resistant garbage bins are located every few miles along Highway 93 through the park and in other parts of eastern B.C., sometimes one on each side of the highway. The highway was spotless. If we care, it's not that difficult to take care of our garbage. Highways are littered with tons of trash of every sort.
People dump garbage, furniture, and appliances illegally for someone else to clean up.
One of the most blatant examples of mismanagement of garbage is depicted in the photograph below. These pictures were taken at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in August 2000. I think not. This is so ridiculous when we think about how many millions of dollars worth of oil pass through the trans-Alaska Pipeline every day. Prudhoe Bay should have the most state of the art bearproof garbage dumpsters money can buy and ensure garbage is properly managed to prevent bears from getting into it.