A Juneau solid waste consultant recently backed the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group’s goal of creating a management plan, and warned of borough liability for the local landfill that he said is “in trouble.”

Jim Penor, solid waste coordinator for the City and Borough of Juneau, spoke April 21 about Juneau’s waste management practices and recommendations for how Haines should proceed. Reilly Kosinski and Melissa Aronson were the only two members present.

Penor, who…