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WHEREAS, on January 23, 2009, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 826-08, Draft 2, which urged the Director of the Department of Environmental Management to develop an ordinance and implement a plan to prohibit food, paper, and compostable organics from Hawai`i County landfills by 2012; and WHEREAS, diversion of food, paper, and compostable organics would enable the County to give back to our soil needy `aina, or in other words, to move towards a closed loop system—from the land and back to the land, by way of a compost production program in partnership with the private sector; and WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Environmental Management has not yet designed and implemented a County-wide plan to divert food, paper, and compostable organics from landfills or incineration; and WHEREAS, the 2009 County of Hawai`i Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan Update identified recycling and best use resource management as major activities to help the County reach its diversion goals established by Resolution No. 28-03, Draft 2; and WHEREAS, the 2009 Zero Waste Implementation Plan for the County of Hawai`i states that"While the County is moving towards increased diversion of discarded materials, focusing on recycling and composting, 70% of what is currently generated continues to be landfilled, and it is this material that will provide resources, revenue and jobs required to support the island's sustainability." ; and WHEREAS, the 2009 Zero Waste Implementation Plan for the County of Hawai`i recommends that landfills and solid waste transfer stations be redesigned into Resource Recovery (RR)Parks, including: • "ReStores" on at least six sites for recovery and sale of reusable items; • Mini-MRFs on at least six sites to accept and sort commingled recyclables; • Organic material and rock grinding areas; • Full signage and demonstration areas; and WHEREAS, the 2009 Zero Waste Implementation Plan for the County of Hawai`i recommends a resource management approach that includes establishing regulations for: • Construction and demolition reuse and recycling plans; • Separation of designated organics,reusable and recyclables (including all commercial haulers being required to provide recycling services as a condition of their County permit); • Funding for training and social marketing programs; • Retailer and producer take-back of non-recyclable, non-reusable or non-compostable products and packaging; • Keeping compostable organics out of landfills; and 2