Juniper Valley Park has stations set up where people who host events may dump their trash after the parties are over (photos, right). But black garbage bags full of food waste attract rats. Why not invest in sealed garbage cans?

Meanwhile, the church at Caldwell Avenue and 80th Street receives its food supplies the night before its distribution events (photo, left), which often leads to it sitting out all night. It’s bad enough that the crowd causes problems when people line up but does the church itself have to contribute to the rat infestation with its storage procedures?