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Date: June 1, 2000
Re: County of Hawaii Bill #266, amending Chapter 20 of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), relating to refuse (recycling and `D
diversion, littering).
To: Councilman Yagong, Chair of the Public Works Committee
We agree with the intent and specifics of the provisions in the proposed
ordinance and are pleased that it is included in the Public Works Committee
agenda today. Our comments relate to areas we feel need changes or further
clarification.
SECTION 7. Chapter 20, Article 3, Section 20-39, Subsection (b):
"No person shall leave, abandon, dump or place any refrigerator, white goods or
appliances of any kind upon one's own property or any property of another."
How and who will enforce this? Also, if it is enforceable, why not all trash, or
solid waste?
SECTION 12. Chapter 20, Article , RECYCLING AND DIVERSION:
Section 20- . Subsection (c):
"Diversion grants shall be considered over landfilling expenses and be limited
only by the amount of the landfilling budget. The evaluation process
of such considerations shall be written in administrative rules and shall
include..."
We recommend a change to the first sentence in this new subsection.
"Diversion grant amounts shall be considered an invaluable component in source
reduction for our landfills. Diversion grant considerations shall be written in
administrative rules and shall include,
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SECTION 12. Chapter 20, Article , RECYCLING AND DIVERSION:
Section 20. Subsection (d):
"The Chief Engineer shall use monies from one or more diversion grants to
contract the services of a full-time recycling and diversion program coordinator."
We support the concept, and the reality, of a full-time recycling and diversion
program coordinator. There are many reasons that the time has come for a
coordinator.
• To find new markets, and expand existing ones.
• To expand the diversion grant and recycling programs.
• To coordinate and support, via a liaison, the recycling industry.
• To have an in-house advocate for the diversion grant and recycling
programs.
• To quantify results from diversion grant and recycling programs.
• To measure actual diversions of solid waste in the County, not just from the
participants in the diversion grant program.
We work well with the Department of Public Works. In that regard, we are not
sure if a coordinator needs to be mandated in ordinance form. We are also
concerned that the level of support currently in place for the glass diversions not
be compromised. This program needs to grow. We leave this decision in the
hands of the Council to determine the best way to achieve the help that a
coordinator would provide.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Bell
Executive Director