Cruise ship companies dumped more than 3 million pounds of trash into the private landfill in Juneau, Alaska, in 2019. The local landfill is expected to be full in 20 years. (KTOOpubmedia)
The view from the top of Juneau’s landfill in November 2019.
That’s a concern to some in the community, especially since the local landfill is expected to be full in 20 years.At a public hearing for the city’s Visitor Industry Task Force in January, Juneau resident Linda Blefgen listed a few of the items taken from cruise ships to the landfill last year. City Manager Rorie Watt was not happy to learn that cruise ships are regularly dumping trash here. He said he immediately reached out to the industry to ask them to stop.“The landfill’s a private operation. The cruise ships are private operations,” Watt said. “We don’t regulate waste, garbage and hauling of garbage. So anything that we’re able to do will be by negotiation with the cruise lines.
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