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Port Commission member David Silva reported at the board’s May 7 meeting that no garbage disposal is currently available at Wrangell’s boatyard.

“There’s no place to put your garbage,” he said.

“We used to have a couple four-yard dumpsters there,” harbormaster Greg Meissner explained. However, he added, users abused that system by improperly dumping a wide collection of items, so the receptacles were eventually taken away.

The Harbor Department’s current policy requires contractors and customers to dispose of their garbage at the city landfill or take it with them when they leave.

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