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2.0 WASTE STREAM ASSESSMENT <br />more than doubled in the past seven years increasing from 13.9 percent in FY 00 -01 to <br />29.2 percent in FY 07 -083. <br />EXHIBIT 2 -5 <br />Historical Generation, Recycling, and Disposal and Estimated Diversion Rate, Hawaii County <br />Generation Recycling Disposal Diversion Rate <br />Tons <br />FY 00 -01 <br />190,241 <br />26,416 <br />163,825 <br />13.9% <br />FY 01 -02 <br />190,764 <br />24,139 <br />166,625 <br />12.7% <br />FY 02 -03 <br />200,300 <br />30,991 <br />169,309 <br />15.5% <br />FY 03 -04 <br />239,217 <br />37,375 <br />201,842 <br />15.6% <br />FY 04 -05 <br />281,855 <br />56,422 <br />225,433 <br />20.0% <br />FY 05 -06 <br />300,121 <br />77,734 <br />222,387 <br />25.9% <br />FY 06 -07 <br />290,865 <br />69,117 <br />221,748 <br />23.8% <br />FY 07 -08 <br />296,473 <br />86,443 <br />210,030 <br />29.2% <br />Percent Change FY 00 -01 — FY 07 -08 <br />Total 156% 327% 128% <br />Average Annual 6.5% 18.5% 3.6% <br />Source: Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management. <br />Exhibit 2 -7 reports waste generation on a per- capita basis and compares Hawai'i County's <br />per- capita generation to that of other Hawai'i counties, a reported U.S. average, Seattle, <br />Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. For Hawai'i counties, the data are shown <br />using both resident and de facto population. As shown, Hawai'i County's per- capita <br />generation is less than that of the other counties in the state, excepting Kauai's when <br />calculated on a de facto basis. <br />The estimates shown in Exhibit 2 -7 are much higher than the 4.6 pound -per- capita - per -day <br />U.S. average reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)4. This may be the <br />result of the EPA using a different methodology for calculating generation, and because the <br />EPA estimate excludes construction and demolition debris, which is included in the Hawai'i <br />data. <br />3 Quantifying recycling is challenging because of the number of entities involved and the corresponding lack of a centralized <br />location for data reporting. While the County exerts considerable effort obtaining data from the many recyclers in the County to <br />compile recycled quantity data, it is likely that some materials are recycled that are not included in the data reported in <br />Exhibit 2 -5. Thus, the County's actual recycling rate may be higher than what is shown. <br />4 United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2008. Municipal Solid Waste in the United States, 2006. Facts and Figures. <br />Accessed at: http: / /www.epa.gov /msw /facts - text.htm <br />2 -4 December 2009 <br />