HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0501.002 2000-2002
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ray I'ral~Pta;iataragart ~ outlined uu why our run.~ul recycling rates
PaciticBus;<>?ssNewS ~ ~1y~~ ~ .u rnss slutl• are su pour. Iltese issues have
Lawmakers arc disl,layin; htl lc I~:n~1,r 1.,, b1 ru slru > , ed with un the county level fits
the laevera~~;e indu,l?_y:, recycline; pLu,, b1 iu:; ~ ~-cars" said t;ary Gill, drl;nty slate health
touted as all alternative to the boll Ic• hill Ilircrluc: "C'ousidcr the barr4rs to the bottle
pendinS.~". the Legislature hill. 'I'llcre:, only ouc: indlr try opposition.
V1~lrile some House represcnlaliv,•v luu.ll',I A•~ 6,~.~I~,d~, ,1~...:,1d.: I,., I Iaan~. ulll That could e;o away today if l}te industry
the report prepared by the indusl rt ~ s1x,n 11:~;~•>llu(al. , un I,I,;I.,. ,I I„>Il,i,: tha S~ Il.~i. ~ wlu,ld a[;rec to ~u},port the k=i!C'
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[ircyclinh.c,th~•rs said it rrli~~s:•s the nl<ul~, r1 t of III:, I~l~!,1~ I ~.:ul.~ul1:1 111-,y',t1~1~~ n. ! I,,IrI lhr bnltle hilt, r:tllitr~; it :ur ideal "lirst
"~'Ve arc disa1l,ninlcd with it:' paid l;,~l, H.le:_lu C„IUII~, ~ ,11.11., Curthcstutc'srrcvl•litt;;-j,rogrant.
lcluliua Ainrita. 1) I'. (\1 uli N I~.u,ai.. h.ln "W1r nil II .;I~ ; I. , r ll• to u~,: I ~ ~ "Its a e;mal cllural.iunal tool and a e;rcal
W(>It!ctn ul the HuusC 1]11~r(:, and I.,IVIIUII tllfe It Illy In~111• lull ,I, 1 -1. l I!~, lluuUr;l~ ~ (ti,l (1, 1'a~l 11111, Uthcl Ce1'V'('hlt~~ '
y y I ~ ureasures,'
mental 11roU~clil,n ('ununillc(• "'l'h1. 1,11, ~.,i1i A~~~liy 1 „u. Ill, ~ ;,nn1;1, r~nl~cuuv. .11... i ,.u1i I~I:lnk I luyl.~,.i+~[luly ~fi,~rlor of the city
ducers don't want Iu lake respuusil,ility t"' i I)cparttneutufl:nvironnlcutalServices.
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How du you expect cuusumers to rec~clc i( ~ 't'he responses >,vere no surprise to the
the pro, uc•el s will not.?'> lily; Isldnll , ~1;•,t ~ ur tut this t),,Itlcr hill u~~ ~
I industry co~?liliott.
ornnlLnctSUvl,:> .,nil I. 1111 ;t5 lnrihunF; In
l7tc hul.ilc bill, itt a I (unse ticnalr 1,,,,11•, 1,sl,,hli.;ll i,;•~„v,,~~ r 1,I~I,rul1.1 dc~{u„u ! •'I think. lily the Hoot 11.u1, the anticipated
encc cutnnritter since Iasi year, t>.1,ul,l t~ln. ~ 1111•hindoCrespunsewe~ot;'said(;aryYosh-
char;;e c(lnsuuu~rs 7 cents fi,r cac•It h1•vcr:1~;1• ~ i1,1„1, cneral man,.,~;rr of lh1> t'e psi Bottling
Ihu 1l~~nil; ILL .1.': I , II, ,I r,~:>tciil .,;u:~L~~ ~ I
cuuL~ncr: a '!-cent nonrefundable recvclirte; to the- un1• pn~~,u :.;II ul till: r,lxtle h111, .,11,E t i11,up in llawaii utrd the irul[rstry coalition
Ice to cnvcr costs of the pruj;rarn auJ a 5- hopes to l u1~ut n :1:1, >t~ ,,lu l 11 21:en1 ;,(•r ~ ,I,ukcsuurn. "~1'h:tl :vc arc proposing is a dil=
cent deposit lu he refunded when t{u• yon- contauicl c h.r11~1-, ll:vul rau1. frrcnl kind of contprrhen,ive solukion to
tainrrisrc•cy1•Icd. The b111. uillociua~,l h; S1!n Luil.;lnc Il,nvaii"
Tlar~ bui.tJc iudu,lry opposes Ib1: 011 u.,o„~ Inl,uyu, C)N. K1,n,:lt„~,.1 W.un1111, twthl,il., ~ l'hc indu,Ily will 1~1n,luuu• lu lobby law-
Its alternate plan, put tugcthl•r :II tb( the proie(t nonl July 1 Ihruul;h loner 3U. ulakcrs to adopt th,: rupurl :[od discard Lhe
reyuesL ol• the Lee;islature and relc~ascd last 2005. Iu•udine; hoUle hill.
week, prnposc•s a combination (,f curb::i111• 0n~ k1:y I~.,n, l : lu t.1~t 1,:I~Id1:1s to .>III, ~ "The debate needs to rlu,tinue ttnlil cx>n-
pickup and desi[;n:d.cd drop-oll~url us tin- all p(nt lh~: u1ul;,li.l~, i 1 ~-ul ~„,ia fletallhls w1„u„ ,uuuvs trrrly know lbal the cost of our pro-
islands. Housdwlds would pay a monthly have to Irnplca~ll•Ilt ~I I~:;~_Ind .,nd lec}~ulult; 1,1s.d is $:i million .:tnd will recycle twice as
fee. ll. tar;,;,~ts :>Il recyrlables, nut just b1~v1.1 Ixoglanl tut 1:un51_uiil 1, II;~y1:x~~IleSt:tl I, n,urh compared to the ~WU million for just
CClnti IE'°' llllllh' CU:•I~ hr: ',:1k1
age contautet s. 1>' I- h1,t I le; under the h1,11 I(• bill:' l'ushiuka said.
"Wc~ will nut unp1;~,1~ I,n unw111uitt 1~rl.:d
The industry said its plan wc,ukl (1,at II's easy to find .°:ays lu Irv (o dismiss the
tuilliou, tirftilc the bultlehill pru~;raul wuulll c:1a" Ic-vuls:,rl '1";~: v.,ulttuwolk.ll,,ull„ I,ulculiu) reudts hecan..° the industry is
shli; w1tl, r1-t~ult 1~, ; ~II ,..~nunuulty, an~1 ,1. I
cost $lti.•1 ntilliuu :old nut recycle :rti ulurh ~ t,111.iu~ahuut c:hau~;+• 1u;{1i1=1cas:lid.
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tnat~•ri<rl. ho11y° ~ °ll~we arc Intly >.eciuus al,oul recycling in
liep. I Iclcur l l:de, I{-ha'u-l1uu.1, ,,u.l II ~ I L,tiv.lii we nerd to consider Lhese kinds of
ronsuntcrs ut I,cr (iii Island llislrill ~~1.11 ,lhcrnalive, uud 1•unllucl,Lnsive approach:'
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charged fr.', to drop ulf garba~;(• tbry ~•,1,ul,l I h1• s.u.l. "[1 we 1 1ut'1. tvc ;Ire
choose lu nut pay and iustcacl wuulll n.1 ',u1lu,rl h11u1 Ih1 ~1.111~ 1 ~,,1u,t~ .I,.J ,1.11, ,1•Iv1~~'.
ravines ul:c! ~;ullics li,rdinpusal. 11•p11•;cut~ll n,• . .11 i u 1,,,11,1 ?)1• •ul +,;I,IIf;,,l~
OIhcr Icpresenlaln~es raixvl ,11,1 :,I I1,Ir, ~Il lnn(icu uu 1h1,1 1. .,;u,l, , (II 1, F'r~tbad irahart3;curl,
about 1hr industry's I,ropusal Ilt,,t 1111• I,+,~ •`fh,~ 1,,111 I,v , 1L.,. th1 r ~tI1, ;u,I„ .I I ~ i, .1, urr11tu,1yu,rC~l~,iz~urrr,rrlls., r.rrr 1,r J.iS-b(N1.
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