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<br /> <br /> Ms. Leithead-Todd: We are initially looking at Kealakehe, Ke‘ei, Hawi, Wai‘ōhinu <br />and Waimea were the ones that we were looking at and part of this is driven by whether <br />we have the available space to set up both the drop off as well as the mulching. <br /> <br /> Mr. Medeiros: We have to be permitted for that also so it takes a lot with the <br />permitting process to approve us to have a certain amount at a particular site. <br /> <br /> Ms. Leithead-Todd: Our permit limitations are by cubic yards. You’re only <br />allowed to have so many cubic yards of green waste at any site and then you got to <br />manage it, but we think that we can better manage what we have a Pu‘uanahulu if we <br />can basically farm out some of the green waste collection and mulching to remote <br />areas. And I think it also in the long run gives people a kind of service that they really <br />would like to have. So we’re hoping to roll that out in the 15 – 16 year budget. <br /> <br /> Mr. Matsuda: So right now I know Kea‘au is a, you can drop off green waste, <br />trimmings or whatever. Only Kea‘au is the only one that has that available? <br /> <br /> Ms. Leithead-Todd: You can drop off green waste in Pāhoa, you can drop it off <br />in Kea‘au, you can drop off at Ke‘ei, close to Kealakekua. You can drop off at <br />Kealakehe, Puakō and then you can go to the two landfills. <br /> <br /> Mr. Matsuda: But that is all, right now this is hauled to the…. <br /> <br /> Ms. Leithead-Todd: And then everything gets hauled to Hilo or Pu‘uanahulu to <br />mulch. What we’re trying to do is see if we can mulch out at transfer stations and so <br />we’re going to put a program together and try to roll it out next fiscal year assuming we <br />get through the budget process because we have to budget some expenses for that for <br />the contract, but we’re putting that together and initial feedback that we have is the that <br />administrations very supportive of that. So we’re, I think it will be a good direction for us <br />to go. <br /> <br /> Mr. Perry: Just out of curiosity, what percentage of the total is green waste? <br /> <br /> Ms. Leithead-Todd: We do about a 100 tons of green waste a day I think it is, <br />whereas we do about 450 tons of rubbish, this is island wide, so that’s a significant <br />diversion from stuff going into the landfill. <br /> <br /> Mr. Matsuda: So you have those numbers, you guys implemented the weighing <br />of the rubbish before it goes into the fill, right? <br /> <br /> Mr. Medeiros: We weigh all of it. <br /> <br /> Mr. Matsuda: Yeah, okay. Thank you. <br /> <br /> Mr. Medeiros: Basically, it’s in and out. When it goes out as mulch also it’s <br />weighed and stuff, it’s not just… <br /> <br /> Mr. Matsuda: Oh really. Mulch too? <br /> <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />