Public Comments and Responses to the IRSWMP (Appendix I) - 2009

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exhibit) revealed that off - island recycling results in fewer greenhouse gas emissions than landfilling, even when accounting for emissions associated with shipping recyclables to the mainland. This occurs because of the emissions savings that results from recycling materials rather than extracting raw materials to develop new products. Written Comments Submitted on the IRSWMP Update 23. Iolani Hawk, 10/02/09, Friday Please rethink the intended cut in hours and cost to put rubbish where it belongs. It needs to be as easy as possible for those people who are neglectful in attending to their disposal of waste. The illegal dumping along roadsides and the entire Ocean View area will become worse. This creates health and vector problems, not just eyesores. What needs to be done to enlighten the powers that be? Feel free to forward this email where it can do the most good. Response: The County will consider your comment as it evaluates the best mix of operating hours and funding, and the potential effects of those actions. 24. Craig Rehm Regarding your $2.00 charge per bag trash tax. My concern is that this charge would increase litter on the island and in the ocean because I fear many people will just dump their trash along the road or in stream beds rather than pay the fee. I have many neighbors who only take their trash to the transfer station once a month to save on gas. I fear they may with the new fee now never take their trash as they may feel they cannot afford the new fee and will merely dump the trash nearby. Please reconsider this well meaning idea. After all the transfer stations were built to help stop this sort of littering in the first place. There is a reason Honolulu has free trash pickup. It would be nice if everyone would comply with the law but that is just not the reality and I am sure the police have enough to do without having to do trash patrol. The other problem is enforcement at the transfer station and its costs. Response: Please see the first paragraph of the response to comment 20 above. 25. Robert Keapa, 10 /01/09, Thursday Lives at Kaalualu between Waiohinu and Naalehu. He lived for a time in Arizona and Oregon, went to school there and worked for the park and forest services in these states - they had PAYT and all the garbage ended up illegally dumped in the parks and forests. He is an advocate for enforced recycling and this is the primary approach that the County should take for waste disposal. The county should be responsible to find a way to use the recyclables to make other products -he spoke of glasscrete and how it was used in one of these two states on the highways and made visibility at night much better. He felt it was the County's responsibility, not private industry, to make things out of recyclables for further use. Response: Please see the first paragraph of the response to comment 20 above. As noted in the IRSWMP Update the County makes an effort to use recycled products and it is recommended that they increase their use of recycled materials. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES APPENDIX IDOC 14