2020-11-25 EMC Meeting Agenda and Director's Informational Report (postponed due to technical difficulties)

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Used motor oil (UMO) is not accepted at the recycling and transfer stations or at the West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill. The DOH ended funding of the program in FY2015, and the county has been funding the program 100% since then. E. REUSE CENTERS: • Supplemental Agreement No. 2 was issued on 03/09/20 for the period of 05/01/20 through 04/30/21. • RFP 3693 resulted in contract award to Transfer Station Thrift Store LLC for seven locations. • The county operates eight Reuse Centers at recycling and transfer stations located in Hilo, Kea‘au, Pāhoa, Kealakehe, Keauhou, Laupāhoehoe, Waimea, and Wai‘ōhinu. F. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING: • The county’s electronic recycling program has resumed after being temporarily suspended from the end of March due to COVID-19 and the delayed and decreased DOH funding contract for FY21. • The IFB 3514 contract with Mr. K’s R&R expires 06/30/21. • The Electronic Recycling Program has resumed. Residents are allowed no-charge ndth household electronics recycling on the 2 and 4 Saturdays of the month at Mr. K’s R&R. Businesses, non-profits, schools, and others will be offered recycling for a fee at Mr. K’s. An acceptable list and more information is at http://hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/e-waste. • Due to reduced DOH funding, only household electronics recycling at Kealakehe rd RTS resumed in August. The collection at the Kealakehe RTS is available the 3 Saturday of the month. Additional details of the county collections and any changes to private collections will be posted on our website at http://hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/e-waste. • Currently, no manufacturer offers convenient on-island take-back of electronics. Manufacturers only offer this convenience on O‘ahu to comply with the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling & Recovery Act mandatory take-back provisions. A stronger state EPR law requiring convenient on-island manufacturer sponsored take-back should be considered. • Although DOH awarded the county grant funds for FY21, this funding is insufficient to completely fund the program as previously structured. Therefore, reductions in service have been implemented. There is no county funding allocated in the budget. • SWD’s Recycling Section downsized the program to utilize only the funding from the DOH and to no longer rely on the General Fund to support it. G. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW): • The HHW collection event was successfully held on 08/01/20 in Hilo at Waiākea High School, and the scheduled 08/08/20 event at Kealakehe High School was postponed. Possible rescheduling of the Kealakehe event is dependent on the end of the interisland travel quarantine for our Oʻahu-based vendor and the 5