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HB-1316 <br />Submitted on: 2/7/2021 11:36:16 AM <br />Testimony for EEP on 2/9/2021 9:00:00 AM <br />Testifier Present at <br />Submitted By Organization <br />Position Hearing <br />Hawai?i Youth Climate <br />Dyson Chee Support No <br />Coalition <br /> <br /> <br />Comments: <br />Aloha Chair Lowen, Vice-chair Marten, and members of the EEP Committee, <br />My name is Dyson Chee, I am 18 years old, and I am submitting written testimony on <br />behalf of the Hawaii Youth Climate Coalition (HYCC) in support of HB1316. <br />HYCC is a youth-led, youth-founded organization dedicated to taking on the climate <br />crisis through just and equitable means. Oftentimes, the burden of taking on plastic <br />pollution is put upon the shoulders of individuals and the government, yet we have seen <br />that this is not enough to completely eliminate the problem. The producers of such <br />plastics need to take responsibility by managing their products when they reach their <br />designed end-use. By making producers responsible for their own products, the <br />incentive for them to design out waste will be increased. Our current economic system <br />promotes a take-make-waste model, and this is a step in the right direction to change <br />that into a make-use-return model. We hope that this committee will pass HB1316, and <br />mahalo for considering our testimony. <br />Sincerely, <br />Dyson Chee <br /> <br /> <br />