Dillingham poised to raise landfill rates to offset trash problems

Public Works Director Ken Morton stands next to the incinerator. “It’s a pretty clean operation,” he said about the machine. (Photo by Lawrence Hamilton/KDLG)
The City of Dillingham continues to look for the best way to manage its some three million pounds of annual trash.
Space to bury it is limited, and the fill to cover it is expensive.
The incinerator reduces most garbage to a fine ash, but glass and metals are clogging the machine, adding to the fuel bill.
https://cpa.ds.n