Hearing set for solid waste proposal
The Haines Borough Assembly introduced a taxpayer-funded solid waste management program ordinance along with a ballot measure that would increase borough sales tax by 1 percent to pay for the operation, maintenance and enforcement of the program that is estimated to cost between $350,000 to $450,000.
The revenue would, in part, pay for the “transfer and disposal of separated solid waste…that encourages waste reuse, reduction, recycling and composting with…
