An idea to cut the municipality’s solid waste bill in half is going to the Haines Borough’s Solid Waste Working Group.
Interim Borough Manager Brad Ryan said shipping the borough’s garbage to the Lower 48 could reduce the government’s annual trash bill from $39,000 to about $20,000. But the borough assembly Tuesday expressed concerns, including what affect the change could have on prices paid by residents to Community Waste Solutions, the town’s lone garbage company.