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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A MULTI-YEAR <br />AGREEMENT FOR ONE OR MORE CONTRACTS FOR ZERO WASTE <br />EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. <br />WHEREAS, Council Resolution No. 28-03, Draft 2, pursuant to Hawaii Revised <br />Statutes §342G-2, affirms that each county adopt solid waste management practices in the <br />following order of priority: (1) source reduction; (2) recycling and bioconversion, including <br />composting; and (3) landfilling and incineration; and <br />WHEREAS, Resolution No. 356-07, Draft 2, a resolution to embrace and adopt the <br />principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawaii County, was adopted on December 19, <br />2007; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2009 County of Hawaii Integrated Resources and Solid Waste <br />Management Plan Update — The Path to Zero Waste (IRSWMP) identified that 55.5%, or <br />116,550 tons, of the waste disposed at County landfills were paper and organic materials that <br />could be composted, thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and <br />WHEREAS, the IRSWMP states: "Public education is a critical component of a <br />successful environmental program as it informs citizens about proper solid waste management <br />methods and ways to reduce waste, and enhances public understanding and participation in <br />various reuse and recycling activities. Education programs also serve to inform people of the <br />wide variety of solid waste services provided by the County and other entities."; and <br />WHEREAS, zero waste programs place greater responsibility on residents and <br />businesses to sort trash and to reduce the total amount of waste; and <br />WHEREAS, successful zero waste programs rely on aggressive educational programs to <br />transition the resident population from minimal sort programs to multi -container sort programs <br />that maximize the current zero waste resource options; and <br />WHEREAS, zero waste programs seek to educate residents and businesses on how to <br />collect and sort trash in the most convenient and effective manner in order to maximize diversion <br />and minimize costs; and <br />WHEREAS, successful zero waste municipal programs educate residents and businesses <br />of material options and practices in order to maximize avoidance of non -recyclable purchases; <br />and <br />