Residents in Metro Vancouver are voicing concern over maggots feasting on compost in their green bins.
Some residents have stopped dumping their kitchen scraps altogether because of the issue.
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The maggots tend to be a bigger problem in summer months because of the heat.
City officials say there are always ways to keep the larvae at bay, and they don’t want the problem to derail the region’s food scraps program.
Many municipalities are ramping up their kitchen scraps disposal programs before an all-out ban on organics in garbage bins in 2015.
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