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<br /> Commissioner Adams said she would invite BEH to present, and the commissioners can <br />ask questions and get a feel on the options out there. <br /> <br /> Commissioner Burns asked her about the Closed Loop Report, and she explained it was <br />an analysis that was published last month on available technologies for companies doing waste <br />recovery, a lot of it plastic centered. She felt it was a good summary, so had passed it on for <br />the commissioners to read. <br /> <br /> Chair Pequeño said they may keep the current agenda item on for next month. <br /> <br /> Director Kucharski asked if the agenda could be changed to accommodate his recycling <br />staff, who were there to do a presentation. Ms. Mellon-Lacey said a vote would be needed. <br /> <br /> Motion, second, and vote: Vice Chair Olson moved to change the agenda to have item <br />7a(5), the presentation on the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, done. Commissioner <br />Adams seconded the motion, and all commissioners voted aye. <br /> <br />7. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE <br /> <br /> a. Director’s Informational Report. <br /> <br />(5) Presentation on the draft update to the Integrated Solid Waste <br />Management Plan by George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator. <br /> <br /> George Hayducsko introduced himself, explaining that he is the county’s Recycling <br />Coordinator. He has over 30 years of experience on the mainland and designed two successful <br />recycling programs in Wisconsin. There are different challenges here in the middle of the <br />Pacific, however. They are working with the community in going through the challenges to <br />make the recycling program better in the long run. The draft Integrated Solid Waste <br />Management Plan has a total of 83 recommendations, and the Solid Waste Advisory Committee <br />has identified six of them as priorities. <br /> <br /> He presented a PowerPoint entitled “Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan <br />Update.” <br /> <br /> Some highlights: <br /> <br />• Some have been critical that another waste composition study was not done <br />before moving forward with the plan. However, they only have so many <br />resources, and they are able to use the studies done elsewhere, such as the <br />2017 study done on Oʻahu. <br />• He showed data from the county’s 2008 waste composition study, Oahu’s <br />2017 study, and from a 2017 EPA study. The major components are organics <br />and paper. If the desire is to keep stuff out of the landfill, organics are critical. <br />Organics are also a resource that can be utilized. <br />7 <br /> <br />