2018-02-28 EMC Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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• A list of island-wide year-round collection locations (seven) is on our website at http://www.Hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/motor-oil. Residents can also recycle DIY used motor oil at all County Household Hazardous Waste collection events. Used motor oil is not accepted at the Recycling and Transfer Stations. The DOH ended funding of the program in FY2015. DEM has funded the continuation of the UMO program in the FY2017 Budget. D. REUSE CENTERS: • RFP 3515 resulted in contract award to Recycle Hawai‘i for six of the seven locations. Transfer Station Thrift Store LLC was awarded the Wai‘ōhinu location. • The County operates seven Reuse Centers at Recycling and Transfer Stations located in Hilo (opened June 5, 2017), Kea‘au, Pāhoa, Kealakehe, Keauhou, Waimea, and Wai‘ōhinu (opened August 14, 2017). • The SWD intends to reissue the RFP for this service in April 2018. E. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING: • The IFB 3514 contract awarded to Mr. K’s R&R expires April 17, 2018. Residents are allowed no charge household electronics recycling on Saturdays at Mr. K’s R&R. Businesses, non-profits, schools and others are offered discounted fees on Saturdays. An acceptable list and more information is at http://hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/e-waste. Mr. K’s is open and accepting electronics daily. • The County provides free monthly electronic recycling collections in Hilo, Kona, Waimea and Wai‘ōhinu for residential electronics only. Details of the County collections and any changes to private collections will be posted on our website at http://hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/e-waste. • No manufacturer current offers convenient on-island take-back of electronics; manufacturers only offer convenience on O‘ahu to comply with Electronic Waste and Television Recycling & Recovery Act mandatory take-back provisions. The DOH ended grant funding of County collections on December 31, 2015. HB 1351 CD1, approved by Legislature and signed by Governor Ige as Act 130, allows the DOH the option to partially fund neighbor island county collections. F. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW): • There was record turnout at Hilo and heavy turnout at Kealakehe HHW collection events in December; with improved traffic flow and paint collections, customer lines were much shorter and quicker. • The next HHW Collection Events are scheduled for March 3, 2018, in Waimea and March 4, 2018, in Pāhoa. More information is available at http://www.hazardouswaste.org/recycle/household-hazardous-waste/. G. GREEN WASTE DIVERSION: • The State Department of Agriculture finalized a permanent rule (HAR § 4-72- 13) prohibiting the interisland transport of ‘ōhi‘a plant material to prevent the spread of Rapid Ōhiʽʽa Death caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata. They also recommend not transporting ‘ōhi‘a plant material from an infected area to a non-infected area. DEM has recommended that people not bring any ‘ōhi‘a plant material to our green waste collection sites and recommends composting 3