David Alexander
50:07 - 50:20
"we want to make, have enough fees to cover our costs, but, you know, discourage as much use of the landfill as possible. It's, it's kind of a weird balance."
“we want to make, have enough fees to cover our costs, but, you know, discourage as much use of the landfill as possible. It's, it's kind of a weird balance.”
- Speaker
- David Alexander
- Timestamp
- 50:07 – 50:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Denali Borough
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
I mean, I, I figured that the 10% is not enough to make them like haul the trash, you know, to Fairbanks or some somewhere else. And, you know, even if they did, you know, getting less trash in our landfill just allows it to last longer, you know. So that, that's in our best interest. You know, it's kind of a, you know, in a way, you know, we want to make, have enough fees to cover our costs, but, you know, discourage as much use of the landfill as possible. It's, it's kind of a weird balance.
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