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Hawaii State Association of Counties (HSAC)
<br /> Counties of Kauai,Maui, and Hawaii,and City&County of Honolulu
<br /> RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT
<br /> HOUSE BILL 1521 (HB 1521)RELATING TO AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER
<br /> 339D, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, REGARDING ELECTRONIC WASTE.
<br /> RECYCLING.
<br /> WHEREAS, on January 1, 2009, Act 13 became law establishing responsibilities
<br /> on retailers, manufacturers and the State Department of Health to encourage recycling of
<br /> elecbr4io%:INFes sold within the State by establishing an electronic device recycling e-
<br /> recyr
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<br /> ' ,,;;,W I AS, Act 13i el4a; k r y' v Ides the intent to encourage electronic device
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<br /> recycl i' g liowever it falls 'short It ,eq. nng the methodology by which the relevant
<br /> parties are required to minima1l3r,Oe intent;and
<br /> WHEREAS,HB 1521 was entered in the 20,1 egissaive Session as a Bill for an
<br /> Act to add four new sections to Chapter 339D, a(y ilt : , ed Statutes, that address
<br /> management and state
<br /> market share, liability for stored information, vaio g
<br /> procurement;and \-`w�L'f
<br /> WHEREAS, HB 1521 was heard and successfully passed first readin,taut of the
<br /> Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection and the Commit``"-on tibnomic
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<br /> i(lir 0 X I 1 ' ° S f e State ''k wai`i and its respective counties incur increased cost
<br /> 1 . .d�ex i-ns f.` and!.se.• , A •tion for interisland and world movement of products
<br /> o'&-rec cling, ho; eve r; e C is and County of Honolulu currently engages in some
<br /> to s an o: € F .■ p,ercial
<br /> 'recycling; and
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<br /> • '‘ • 1 ` e iio e slands in the State of Hawai`i have insufficient quantities
<br /> of ele'`'i f , � -,1,"'' ;Port commercial e-recycling businesses and must depend on
<br /> expensive . -• i i we government subsidies to maintain an e-recycle program; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the current requirement that manufacturers offer a recycle option is
<br /> satisfied by costs to the consumer for expensive and woefully inadequate mail-back
<br /> programs; and
<br /> WHEREAS, representatives from all counties within the State have submitted
<br /> testimony in favor of HB 1521, which included modifications to strengthen the e-recycle
<br /> responsibility of the manufacturer and to support the provision not to accept manufacturer
<br /> plans that contain mail-back options; and
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