Originally Posted by Peaches

Then break down and do what I do in the summer when the bears are out - I put the trash on my back screened in porch and take it to the dumpster once a day or so.

Are all your other neighbor's getting hit? If not, then they are doing something you're not doing - find out what it is. If they are then all get together and talk to the cat's owner. Again, it's NOT THE CAT'S FAULT.