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I * Council will adopt a user fee for non-residential refuse prior to July 1, 1994. Administration will review the proposed ordinance and submit recommendations prior to February 1, 1994. A user fee for residential refuse is planned for 1995. A credit system will be incorporated in which individuals who source separate will be given credit for items to be deposited in the landfill. BIOCONVERSION AND COMPOSTING: * Adoption of full scale green waste composting facilities will proceed expeditiously. There shall be available among the island's communities bioconversion or composting facilities. Administration to submit an action plan by July 1994. * Administration will provide a report on the feasibility of funding and the implementation schedule for a pilot program which would utilize sludge from County wastewater operations into a composting operation prior to May 1994. RECYCLING: * Two material recovery facilities (MRF's) for clean materials will be placed for RFP in 1994. * Upgrade transfer stations for collection of recyclables and clean green waste in areas not close to proposed MRF's by July 1994. Open all transfer stations to RFP process subject to Council review. An action plan report be provided to Council by Administration by July 1994. WASTE COLLECTION: * No mandatory curbside collection. WASTE DISPOSAL: * Administration will consider the feasibility of providing our clean bio -fuel (i.e. paper) for a power generation facility. * Administration will provide an update to the Council on the closure of the Kailua landfill prior to March 1994. * Council consider the recommendation of the Administration in regards to operating only one landfill, with the possibility of using an existing site in Hilo as a limited type of landfill for certain kinds of inert material by April 1994. A-2