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

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appear representing us with this problem, like our councilmen in all our districts. There's problems that we've discovered in south that there should be addressed. How are people living down south going to drive all the way to Pu'uanahulu? They're not, and so I stress to you that this does deserve more future meetings and not just table -top this deal and make it at the beginning of the year. Or at least make an opening page for it, because I think there's a lot of problems that's going to come forth that we all could create good ideas for you. Because there's a significance in every district that there's problems for this and that and we need to address each one of those because you say this is built by the people, well make it built by the people, not just from you guys. Thank you very much." Response: For green waste, see response to comment 9. The County does extensive advertising for its public meetings. Putting sites at our recycling and transfer stations is a good idea that we will consider in the future. 13. Kevin Purell You don't have questions in your survey about how to raise fees or how to pay for something, not all of this is about how to get us to recycle. I think you have quite a number of good programs already on this island for recycling. I don't think we need new ones. I think we need to expand what's there already. And if I pay a water bill and am used to paying water bill, in other communities there's a small fee on the water bill, I'd be willing to pay $5 every two months, that's about $30 a year and maybe that fee fluctuates, maybe it goes up, I'd probably be willing to pay more for me not to have to do the bag -thing (pay -as- you- throw), or me to keep recycling local. The two things I see in what you keep saying, pay as you throw, we aren't use to a system like in Seattle where you have a garbage can and that move recyclables and you had plastic bins given to you by the city, right, to do the recyclables because their landfills were filling up. And your first question in here asked do I want to retain recycling programs and pay for it by charging for disposal, that's seems the opposite, you should be charging for the throwing out of non - recyclables. It's not worded that way, you put in recyclables with transfer stations in all situations, the charges should be on what can't be recycled. So to me, something should be addressed regarding nominal fees for everybody, which would keep the recycling open, keep our transfer stations open." Response: Various funding options to pay for waste management programs are addressed in Section 10 of the IRSWMP update. The wording in the survey must have been confusing, because the intent of the pay -as- you -throw program is as you suggest: charge for what is not recycled. 14. No name recorded. "This is just one example, the City of San Diego by the City Charter, can not charge individuals for recycling and garbage: it's paid for on the tax bill. They have a three bin system and it works city -wide. Now apartment houses, condominiums, commercial sites, they charge. Here, commercial sites don't have room for more than one bin, so they don't recycle anybody's stuff. So here, commercial sites can't recycle because they have only one bin." Response: Space constraints can be a challenge for multi family housing, businesses and institutions. However, there are many creative ways to implement recycling at those types of buildings. Some steps proposed in the IRSWMP update include waste audits, outreach, and material bans. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES APPENDIX IDOC 6