More than a dozen mattresses dumped at 25 Mile Haines Highway last month sparked conversation on social media about illegal dumping, a topic the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group has pegged as a major problem.

Nelle Jurgeleit-Greene shared a post from another Haines resident with a photo of the mess on a Haines Facebook page last month. Comments on the original post said the Captain’s Choice Motel hired a person to dispose of old…