problems with racoons rummaging in your dustbins

[mrs rcch]

We have stayed on Sandy Ridge quite a few times, and have never managed to keep them out of the bins. We just picked up the litter every morning.
Went out one evening to put the rubbish bag in the bin, to be met by one sat in the bin... and he wasn’t moving! Hubby upended the bin and tipped him out, put the bin back upright... only to find he quickly scrabbles back up, and plonked himself back in the bin.
Another evening, a couple of them ran past us whilst we were in the pool, carrying chicken legs.
There’s a guy a few houses down from us, who feed them on an evening, puts out dry cat biscuits.
We love seeing them stroll by when we are in the pool, we don’t bother them, they don’t bother us