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Mitchell D.Roth :.°"tY of y'!; <br /> `•' �,I�;?' Ramzi I.Mansour <br /> ���� <br /> Mayor ; ' Director <br /> Lee E.Lord ' N°�'''�'�- Brenda D.lokepa-Moses <br /> E OF <br /> Managing Director Deputy Director <br /> CountyofHawaVi <br /> DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT <br /> 345 Kekuanao`a Street,Suite 41• Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Ph:(808)961-8083• Fax: (808)961-8086 <br /> Email: cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> March 9 2021 s <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Maile David, Council Chair <br /> Ory `«':... <br /> and Members of the Hawai`i County Council :. .. <br /> FROM: Ramzi I. Mansour, Director a <br /> Department of Environmental Management <br /> RE: A Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of the 2019 Integrated Solid Waste <br /> Management Plan Update for the County of Hawai`i. <br /> Please see the attached resolution and exhibits for consideration on the next available appropriate <br /> Committee agenda. <br /> The County of Hawai`i, in accordance with Hawai`i Revised Statutes Chapter 342G, has <br /> completed the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan(Plan)update, which occurs every 10 <br /> years. The Plan update evaluates solid waste management in the County, including waste <br /> reduction practices and programs, opportunities for recycling, implementation of zero waste <br /> policies and practices,the status of active and closed landfills, and options for increasing landfill <br /> diversion. Each chapter contains a summary of the 2009 Integrated Solid Waste Management <br /> Plan(ISWMP)recommendations and the status of each one; a description of the existing <br /> conditions; a discussion of options available to the County to improve the solid waste <br /> management program; and finally, recommendations to implement selected options. <br /> In 2007,the County Council adopted Resolution 356-07,to "embrace and adopt the principles <br /> of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawai`i County" and the County subsequently developed a <br /> Zero Waste Implementation Plan in 2008. As stated in the resolution,the County of Hawai`i <br /> recognizes, "that zero waste is a long-term goal and that in the interim,programs may need to be <br /> implemented that may be counter to the zero waste philosophy and are necessary to reach the <br /> long-term goal of zero waste and that such programs should not be prohibited by the embracing. <br /> and adoption of the long-term goal of zero waste." The County will continue to take incremental <br /> steps toward achieving zero waste in the long term with the understanding that the ability to truly <br /> achieve zero waste is realistically challenging for an island. <br /> Comm. No. 11 5 <br /> Ref.To: biweg � <br /> Ref. Date MAR 1 2 2021 <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />