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TEL No. May 5.97 9:U1 P.01 <br /> _ r"~ <br /> 5uaan HamUtpn <br /> ' 9 7 ~l ~ Y 5 A f~ 9 2 Ku~rt~towlwt~y HI 96760 <br /> COUi'~; ; 966.6282 <br /> COUNT'f 01= HAWAII <br /> May 4,1997 <br /> <br /> Aloha Councilman Aaron Chung, <br /> I am writing concerning the 10 million dollar ticket item £or the <br /> vague request in the Solid Waste Department, I am unclear as to what the <br /> money is to be spent for and I am against giving the administration complete <br /> power to use such a sum in this case. <br /> At the current budget of over 510 million a yeaz in solid waste, <br /> we atepending 530,000 A DAY to haul and bury our island's 4S0 tone PER DAY <br /> garbage. <br /> By treating our "garbage" as such, we aze permanently burying <br /> resources that could be used as recovered metals, papers and valuable <br /> compost, among other things. The coat of "getting rid" of our "garbage' is <br /> very expensive-and then the landfills must be monitored and maintained for <br /> 30 yeare after closing. (See 97-98 Budget Program & Budget Review <br /> Questionnaire). <br /> If we were to treat our "garbage" as a resource, dearly for the <br /> same price or less we could recover these precious resources, use them again, <br /> azid save landfill space for the unrecoverable mixed garbage, <br /> implementing a plan as directed in the Barrett Consulting <br /> Report 1993, we could easily divert 50% of the current waste stream from the <br /> landfill. (Maui has done it!). Approximately 30% of our the 450 daily tons is <br /> green waste. Green waste is an easy segment of the waste stream to separate <br /> and there are several low-tech and medium-tech solutions available for <br /> processing that (plus sewage sludge and food wastes, etc.) into marketable <br /> compost and varying soil amendments. <br /> There are currently two major companies on island doing active <br /> recycling business. Environmental Recycling handles all grades of paper <br /> island-wide, and aluminum and other metals. Recycling Systems, together <br /> with Business Services handle paper, aluminum and glass island-wide. 'T'here <br /> are others, but these companies have proven recycling works and ff given <br /> opportunity by the C:owity could achieve very high rates of recycling island- <br /> wlde. <br /> z~z. o~ <br /> rAm~. Dias----- <br /> Tnl~ xa. ~ <br /> Presented l% <br /> LI. q'ol <br /> Lest. ' ' '~iAK 51997 <br /> <br />