Yes
No, not to store food to be eaten later. Use a food grade plastic or other container.
Outdoors, away from any food preparation, and with a plentiful supply of water.
Freund container has them: http://www.freundcontainer.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_1966_A_cn_E_60 I understand they aren't food grade though:( Someone tell me if they find a food grade container like this.
Sorry I cant resist.... 30 gallons of it!
approximately 30 quarts
Garbage. or leftovers!
sweat
Garbage usually contains food and food fragments and is an easy meal that does not require much work. Raccoons are opportunistic feeders.
They dig in your garbage can because they might be looking for food to eat. To you it's garbage, to them it's a bucket of delicious treats.
by throwing it in the garbage
Composting converts food crops, grasses, trees, and garbage into useable fuels.
I put the rest of food into glass container and put this container to refrigerator. But I do not keep this food for a long time.