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Develop a business waste audit and education program to foster source reduction <br />within the local business community. RETAIN <br />Chair Hayducsko noticed that in one of the comments questioned if the County had enough <br />capacity, and he assumes that the comment was referring to staffing. He explained that the <br /> have adequate staffing to do business outreach and education. . It is hard to <br />get everything done that we are currently trying to achieve. There is a business workbook <br />out there that we should give to businesses to use. He asked if there was any discussion <br />from the committee. <br />Mr. Okinaka said that when you have source reduction, that the idea is to really reduce the <br />amount stuff that comes in. <br />Mr. Araujo said that consumers generate trash because they purchase the trash and that <br />whatever we buy comes with rubbish. He explained that the main thing that everybody <br />buys is food. Mr. Araujo said that when he was growing up he remembered that they would <br />purchase their meat wrapped in pink paper and that today when we buy meat in the store, <br />we get Styrofoam and a plastic wrapping. Why do we need the Styrofoam, why do we need <br />the plastic wrapping? He said if we eliminate those items we would have a three point <br />source reduction. He also said that in this education program we should educate <br />consumers and supermarkets on island and statewide. <br />Ms. Bell wondered if DOH had changed their regulations to eliminate the pink paper <br />wrapping. Ms. Bell would like to recommend that we encourage or inform businesses to <br />utilize the business workbook. <br />Mr. Araujo suggested that we should educate the business owners, local and statewide. <br />Take for instance the government enforced a Styrofoam band and pissed off everybody, <br />and <br />can be relaxed and be compliant. <br />Chair Hayducsko would like to RETAIN this section and work with businesses. <br />#§ ¯³¤± 2¤¥¤±¤­¢¤ ΒȁΔȁΒ  ­£ ΒȁΕȨΓȩ <br /> Develop a visitor industry waste reduction education program that includes <br />promotional events or advertisements targeting specific sectors of the visitor industry. <br />RETAIN <br />#§ ¯³¤± 2¤¥¤±¤­¢¤ ΒȁΔȁΗ  ­£ ΒȁΕȨΓȩ <br /> Develop a reuse education, outreach, and public awareness campaign to encourage <br />public participation and use of the reuse centers. 2¤¶®±£ ³® ±¤¬®µ¤ $¤µ¤«®¯  ­£ ¢§ ­¦¤ <br />³® ¢®­³¨­´¤ ³®ȁ <br />Chair Hayducsko read a comment from the committee members under remove as <br />recommended notes that the reuse centers really should sell themselves. Chair Hayducsko <br />А <br /> <br /> <br />