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COUNTY OF HAWAII •: "'.-�.'/:• STATE OF HAWAII '',,,._OF•MF''r- RESOLUTION NO. 525 14 A RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO INCREASE THE DIVERSION RATE OF SOLID WASTE AS RECOMMENDED IN THE 2009 ZERO WASTE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. WHEREAS, on January 23, 2003, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 28-03, Draft 2, which set goals to divert 50 percent of solid waste from any landfill by 2008 and 80 percent by 2013; and WHEREAS, according to the Department of Environmental Management, for the fiscal year 2012/2013 the diversion rate was only 34 percent; and WHEREAS, Council Resolution No. 28-03, Draft 2, pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes §342G-2, affirms that each county adopt solid waste management practices in the following order of priority: (1) Source reduction; (2) Recycling and bioconversion, including composting; and (3) Landfilling and incineration; and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2007, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 356- 07, Draft 2, to embrace and adopt the principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawai`i County; WHEREAS, these zero waste principles include promoting the highest and best use of materials by emphasizing a closed-loop system of production of materials to consumption/use of materials to production of new materials, moving in logical increments toward the goal of zero waste through the core principles of: • Improving "downstream" reuse/recycle of end-of-life products and materials to ensure their highest and best use; • Pursuing "upstream" re-design strategies to reduce the volume and toxicity of discarded products and materials, and promote low-impact or reduced-consumption lifestyles; • Fostering and supporting the use of discarded products and materials to stimulate and drive local economic and workforce development; and WHEREAS, the principles of zero waste emphasize a resource management program by way of programs aimed at reuse, reduce, and recycle, including composting of food, soiled paper and organic materials; and