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2.3.3 Hauling and processing. Recycle Hawaii contracted with Business Services Hawaii (BSH) to haul and recycle paper fibers (except newspaper); glass, plastic, and aluminum containers; greenwaste; and scrap metal. Puna Kamali`i Flowers recycled newspaper, with the exception of newspaper inserts, which it gave to BSH. 2.3.4 Site supervision and maintenance. Activities included: • monitoring of customer dropoff activities. • operation of the reuse facility. • maintenance and striping of the internal roadway and speed bumps. • supervision of volunteer work crews. 2.4 Accomplishments Overall, KRRC exceeded expectations, in terms of tonnage of materials collected and public enthusiasm. See Table 2.1 for tonnage hauled by material by month. A limited traffic survey conducted by Recycle Hawaii from July 22 through August 9, 2003 recorded an average of 83 vehicles per hour entering the transfer station site. Actual vehicle counts ranged from 38 to 126 per hour. On average, 21.6% of the vehicles entering the transfer station stopped at KRRC. Actual participation at KRRC ranged from 16.1 % to 49.5% on an hourly basis. For the 9 -month project period, 794.97 tons of recyclable materials and 123.46 tons of reusable materials were diverted from Hilo landfill. During the same period, 4,704 tons of mixed solid waste were hauled from the Kea`au transfer station. This represents a 16.34% diversion rate achieved by KRRC, short of the project goal of 25%. Tons diverted exceeded the project goal by 358.43 tons, or 64% over the project goal. Unit costs for hauling materials from KRRC ranged from $0 for aluminum containers (due to relatively high scrap value) and reusable items (which remained on site until claimed by a customer), to $240 per ton for glass containers. The cost for glass reflected not only hauling costs, but also costs for grinding the glass and marketing the product locally. The average unit cost for all materials diverted from the landfill by KRRC was $75.68 per ton. M