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According to Recycle Hawai`i's traffic survey, Kea`au transfer station experienced peak traffic Fridays through Mondays. Tuesdays through Thursdays were slower. Traffic was lighter on rainy days than on dry, sunny days. Transfer trailers moving through KRRC did not create any problems. 2.5.13 Volunteers/community incentive fund. Use of volunteers, both individuals and groups, was a positive experience. This enabled Recycle Hawaii to supplement site staff, improve site monitoring and education efforts, and perform needed tasks on site. Recycle Hawaii established a community incentive fund to attract community group volunteers. A $100 donation was given for a minimum of four volunteers each performing four hours of work. Volunteers donated a total of 1,221 hours at KRRC. While extremely helpful, volunteers have other commitments and interests. Caution must be exercised before relying upon volunteers to perform repetitive or time-sensitive tasks. Keys to a successful volunteer program include flexibility, ability to match individual/group interests with project needs, incentives, and ability to provide necessary tools and supplies to the volunteers if they cannot furnish their own. 2.6 Relationship to County Solid Waste System The Kea`au project was intended to be a demonstration of the waste diversion potential at rural transfer stations. As such, it was successful. The next step is to refine the Kea`au model and replicate it at other transfer stations azound the island. Any permanent facility should be a neighborhood recycling center compatible with the County's integrated solid waste management plan and with the proposed East Hawaii regional sort station. The sort station, as currently proposed, will incorporate atwo-stream recycling system into the East Hawaii solid waste management system. This will require some adjustments on the part of private sector recycling businesses and residential recyclers. Atwo-stream recycling system also will complicate diversion of recyclables to local small-scale entrepreneurs producing value-added products. 2.7 Planned Improvements at IQtRC Recycle Hawaii, through its subcontractor Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council, prepazed a conceptual drawing of a permanent KRRC. This plan does not reflect Recycle Hawai`i's work, because Recycle Hawai`i's product was submitted to HIEDB about the same time as the final draft of this plan. County staff found funding to continue KRRC operations beyond December 29, 2003, and plan to eventually install permanent infrastructure. The final design of the permanent KRRC will be influenced by this plan, Recycle Hawai`i's conceptual drawing, a transfer station enhancement plan in prepazation by the County's consulting engineer, and input from customers at design workshops sponsored by HIEDB and RCAC. 14