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learn to deal with that, a lot of things will sort themselves out. By focusing on these fast-moving consumer goods producers who are already a part of this process, she thinks we can move toward the goals of extended producer responsibility. In that commitment, you see that they are already focused on those goals. Redesigning packaging. Eliminating excess plastic use. Keeping all plastic in the economy instead of out in the environment. It’s a voluntary program and can support that. She has spoken with Council Member Villegas, who is . She is working with Council Member Villegas to get a presentation from the United Nations Environmental Program and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to tell the counties about this program. If the state were to become a signatory to this program, a lot of the things we are trying to accomplish with extended producer responsibility legislation could just happen voluntarily by these big corporations. The reason we need the big corporations we need new infrastructure. They are the ones with the money and the wherewithal to create that infrastructure. 7. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE Director’s Informational Repor www.hawaiicounty.gov>Our County> County Calendar> (Meeting date). Director Mansour thanked meeting participants for their involvement. We have a lot of challenges; he asked commissioners to put the word out that we have four vacancies in engineering in the wastewater division with only one remaining. Please put the word out. If you know an engineer, let him or her apply. The positions have been posted and we are in need of these engineers so we can continue the work on the wastewater issues. He thanked Vice Chair Gaffney for his updates and he appreciates DLNR for taking the steps to move forward. We need to work very closely with him. As far as the R-1 water is concerned, here is a good update: As he was touring the Waikoloa wastewater treatment plant, he saw the five stainless steel containers for sand filters. He was able to work with the private company and they are going to donate the sand filters as a donation to the County, so we can dismantle it and reinstall it at Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant. That will allow us to produce the filtered effluent to get us the R-1 water. So that’s great news. We are going to figure out a way to get the sand filter and put it back to reuse rather than have it sitting there. We’ll continue working on the details on how to dismantle, transport, and install it in the facility. Regarding the concerns about the wastewater and what the wastewater has and doesn’t have in it, that’s the reason for the pretreatment program. Hopefully it would be coming to youalso for that program for industrial dischargers. It’s a law under Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. It requires every industrial user to pre-treat wastewater prior to disposal of their waste into a public municipality system. So with that hopefully we will be able to capture most of our pollutants before makes its way into our sewer system, so as we also start producing the 17