The Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group discussed the merits of mandatory collection March 3 following a presentation from Karl Hagerman, Petersburg Public Works Director and a representative of the Southeast Alaska Regional Solid Waste Authority
“It’s the convenience factor,” said member Diana Lapham of mandatory collection, who said at the group’s February meeting that she “abhors” anything mandatory.
Burl Sheldon, who proposed a plan that the group favored at its last meeting, said he…

