Haines Friends of Recycling board members gather at a site of a planned recycling center upgrade. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

An anonymous donor has agreed to buy a 1.7 acre plot along the Haines Highway for Haines Friends of Recycling to get started on a new center. 

“We were thrilled,” said HFR board president Melissa Aronson on Tuesday. 

The plot, located on the east side of the Haines Highway across from Bigfoot Auto, is currently…