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pJNZV.Of M 7 COUNTY OF HAWAII _• ,tf OF•N►'� RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF HAWAII 8'7 IS (DRA) r 2 ) A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE MULTI- YEAR CONTRACTS FOR ZERO WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO DIVERT RECOVERABLE MATERIALS FROM THE LANDFILLS. WHEREAS, Council Resolution No. 28-03, Draft 2, pursuant to Hawaii 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, Resolution No. 356-07, Draft 2, a resolution to embrace and adopt the principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawaii County, was adopted on December 19, 2007; and WHEREAS, the 2009 County of Hawaii Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan Update — The Path to Zero Waste (IRSWMP) identified that 55.5%, or 116,550 tons, of the waste disposed at County landfills were paper and organic materials that could be composted, thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and WHEREAS, the IRSWMP states: "Public education is a critical component of a successful environmental program as it informs citizens about proper solid waste management methods and ways to reduce waste, and enhances public understanding and participation in various reuse and recycling activities. Education programs also serve to inform people of the wide variety of solid waste services provided by the County and other entities."; and WHEREAS, the County currently landfills over 100,000 tons of recoverable material, over and above compostable organics, including textiles, ceramics, polymers, metals, glass, demolition wood, and other reusable or recoverable materials and products; and WHEREAS, in light of the short -life expectancy of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill, diversion of recoverable materials will help to extend the term that this landfill is available to East Hawaii; and WHEREAS, diversion programs for discarded, recoverable materials are less costly than landfilling these materials at West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill; and WHEREAS, it is in the County's best interest to enter into one or more multi-year contracts to establish zero waste diversion programs; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby urges the Mayor to enter into one or more multi-year contracts for zero waste diversion programs to divert recoverable materials from the landfills.