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1994 through 2003. The annual rate of increase in the waste tonnage averaged 4%. A <br />comparison of total tonnage landfilled in the first six months of FY 2003-04 with the total <br />tonnage from the same period for the previous fiscal year indicates the waste stream is <br />increasing at an annual rate of 8.2%. The attached graph shows the projections on the <br />waste stream through year 2020. One is based on an annual 4% increase wherein the <br />amount of rubbish generated on the island will double from 2003 levels by year 2019. If <br />the waste stream continues to grow at an annual rate of 8.2% the island's waste stream <br />will double by 2012. We plan on introducing measures and programs to reduce the rate <br />ofgrowth in our waste stream. <br />Is funding for recycling programs effectively slowing the growth of or decreasing <br />volume? <br />Fundingfor diversion/recycling programs will effectively reduce the amount of waste <br />being landfilled. The attached summary report for midyear FY2003-04 shows that our <br />diversion rate has increased from 15.1% in FY2002-03 to nearly 18%. This is due to <br />funding increased recycling options for the public and better management of existing <br />programs through the hiring of a Recycling Coordinator, a position that had not been <br />filled since 1992. Increased expenditures on diversion funds, which encourage both <br />residential and commercial sector recycling, as well as increased expenditures on <br />recycling education and outreach, will cause the diversion rate to continue to increase. <br />With assistance through grants from the EPA and the Community Block Development <br />Grant, we will be working on more transfer station enhancements to provide more <br />opportunities to the public to recycle. The attached PowerPoint slide gives a snapshot on <br />how our island's diversion rate will increase from the 2003 benchmark of 15% to 45% by <br />year 2008. The attached transfer station enhancement plan shows the priority system <br />developed to select transfer stations for enhancements and the funding sources to provide <br />the improvements. <br />4. With expectations of increased funding for recycling programs, is a new division <br />being considered? <br />This could be a next step. The recycling programs in the City and County of Honolulu <br />have grown so much under the direction of Suzanne Jones who began as their Recycling <br />Coordinator in 1990 that a new branch was created in the last two years to handle the <br />programs. There are 6-7 staff members working under this branch at this time and more <br />positions are being requested for the upcoming year. Maui County has staff to assist <br />their Recycling Coordinator and we have copies of the job descriptions from these other <br />counties. If we are to achieve our goal of 80% diversion from landfill by year 2014, we <br />need to consider first providing staff and then consider the need for a separate branch or <br />division. <br />1. Why is CPI Adjustment so high? <br />The rate we pay to Waste Management is adjusted annually effective each January P, <br />according to the Consumer Price Index. Based on the CPI for the first half of 2003, we <br />estimated that the CPI adjustment would be slightly over 3%, the CPI released the end of <br />Februaryfor 2003 reflects an increase of 2.94%. In the previous three years, the highest <br />15 <br />