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4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> <br />a) $¨²¢´²²¨®­ ®­ ³§¤ *´­¤ ΐΒǾ ΑΏΐΗǾ  ­£ *´«¸ ΐΐǾ ΑΏΐΗǾ ,¨¬¨³¤£ -¤¤³¨­¦²  ­£ 3¨³¤ <br />6¨²¨³² ¡¸ #®¬¬¨³³¤¤ ¬¤¬¡¤±² ¶§® ¶¤±¤  ¡²¤­³ ¥±®¬ ³§¤ !´¦´²³ ΗǾ ΑΏΐΗǾ <br />meeting. <br />Chair Hayducsko explained that committee members spent a lot of time on tours in June <br />and July and mentioned that since Mr. Okinaka and Mr. Scharf were not able to make <br />the last meeting he would like to give them the opportunity to give their thoughts, <br />concerns, or if they had anything to share with the committee. <br />Mr. Okinaka started with the top thing that he RETAINs thinking about is the fact that <br />we call the sort station a sorting station; and that he feels that the facility should be <br />made into a sorting station. When Mr. Okinaka observed the sort stations operation on <br />the tour, he felt that the sort station is simply a place to load trucks indiscriminately. He <br />observed that there was a lot of plastics and metals that were loaded into the truck that <br />went to the landfill. He thinks it is a good idea for sorting out recyclables. He suggested <br />a robotic sensing sorting system, where the machine could pick out recyclable materials <br />and that it would be more rapid and accurate. Mr. Okinaka explained that the robotic <br />sensing system would detect metals and plastics and then sort it out of the trash before <br />getting loaded into the trucks that would going to the landfill. Mr. Okinaka believes that <br />sorting is a good idea and we need to do it. He was very disappointed to see that it was <br />called a sorting station when it is more of a transfer station. <br />Mr. Okinaka really likes the reuse stores. He would like to know how we could get the <br />public to know more about the reuse stores. He suggested that the reuse <br />stores have an online catalog with a list of what items the stores have available for sale. <br />Mr. Okinaka stated that he agrees with a lot of the comments made in the last meeting <br />minutes. He agrees that the transfer stations and recycling areas need more signage. He <br />observed that there are a lot of bins in the recycling area with a mixture of things and <br />that the wrong items into the wrong bins due to <br />the lack of signage. <br />Mr. Okinaka would like to see if the committee could find a way to reuse plastics of all <br />sorts. He stated that it would be good to have the possibility to recycle, reuse and <br />reengineer plastics here on the island instead of sending it off island. He wanted to <br />advise the committee that China is not taking dirty plastics any more. <br />curity guards at the transfer stations could <br />provide recycling education/help. She would like to suggest maybe we could start <br />gentle and have the security guards offer to help break down a cardboard boxes to put <br />into the recycling bins. <br />Chair Hayducsko advised that the Solid Waste Division currently have two employees <br />on light duty posted at the recycling area on both the east and west side of the Island. <br />Ћ <br /> <br /> <br />