The Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group finalized its plan for improving solid waste disposal in Haines, which proposes a sales tax funded, borough-managed solid waste and recycling program.
The plan addresses expensive disposal costs, illegal dumping, environmental and sustainability issues at Community Waste Solutions, and the lack of public refuse and recycling containers.
Community Waste Solutions currently charges 25 cents a pound for self-hauled garbage and waste buried at its landfill.
The draft plan…