HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0501.003 2000-2002 battle ahem
over legislation
regni~i~g deposit
~g !ar£ Teu;gru~;irfrasate . 1 f a t.
ADVERTU6R S~a1:N:;E WHITES! l h7~
T'ne stat:.'s bevea:,~c in-
dustry, which is iryin to
block passage of a biiI re- ~ . y~y~
quiring' a s"~tewid~ #sottle dt~ s V ~r~~~ r,L~ ~s
posit, has s,~velopad a strate-
gy that emphasizes ~zu•bside b~.c~ ~ur~si~~ r~~y~li~a.
The strategy, put forth to
legislators in a closed-door
J meeting yesterday, should cling c:uutdinator Suzanne Jones.
increaserre~-ttialt~}cling FROM PAGE 81 She said the BEAR report
1 twofold thraughout the slate, s~scd a fee for trash cpll~cYion, found that properly decagned d~-
the industt'y said. The plan but the f~ would be reduced if a posit systems are less mostly eh..rs
was relea=ad late yesterday household recycles curbside programs and do tsz?t
by Haa+ai`i Citizens for Com- ~ Ctut~ide recycling would be harden local taxpayets.
prehensive Recyclir.F;: the or- izt tat~art areas, with expanded re- "These findings have the po-
ganization ~t up by tht: bev- cyclable dropoff sites in twat ar- tential to break the impasse b~
crags industry. tween envirotunentaGsts and L''=<:
While a bottle bill's re- ~ The industry would find beverage industry on thellaW~`i
quirements would be re- cheaper ways to haul recyclables bottle bill," said Sierra Club Ha-
stricted to glass, metal and to outof-state r»suicets. N'ai'l Chapter diauctor 3eff
plastic beverage cottainers, (7tarlie Scott, of Caswdia Con- lina
the industry plan covers re- suifing Group, which prepared ~iltat's unlikely{, Yoshioka said-
cycling of loe.•erage contain- ffie study, said the industry's plan "The BEAR report's ntttt:be
err as we1P as paper and oth• could accomplish more recyclinb are not accurate and noS applir~.-
er recycl.•tbles. of a yututer of the cost of the t,ut• ble to Hawaii "!te said!
'"That's f•~tnd3rrtental to our The bottle bill would place a
approach," zaid Gary Yoshi- tleb~' :I-cent refundable deposit cn
oka, general manager of Bottle bill suppurtets had not 1 •L_uunce contadners, plus a
1'epsiliottG.:g Co: HaLrati. seen the plan, but said existin{; ,,-cent nonrefundable haa,dlin~
"canwiti;e, support!;.~~ of studies suggest curbside recy- f
the bottle Dili.^x'ty a n
m,;~ !L'r.~isr rlsr~; fs substantially more expen-
land stud=,{, which had sup- rive than a bottle bill. R~ac•ta Jan TrrtBru~$r,~tte
putt from thrs beverage Indus- "Ctutiside projec:tts are nut (;~t- ~.uttar hatoluluadverttseroom cr
try there, found that p~,perly ling the job done;' said city recy- (b(ki) 2-!5,3074.
designed u°cposit legi.~lation
could triple recycling at no
cost to taxpayers. 31~tt study ~~~iii~
wa3 titled l~zsinesse~ and F.n-
vironmental:-sts Allied for !de- t~z..-
cycling, or i~l~ AR. , ~0
Differen~ in hose to ap- ~',s%~ ~.M.•.-~'~-'
proach the ;;ssue in Hawaii ~""~nty Council
set up anotyhv* tense year in
thC l.eglSl:st~re, WhtCh Slop-
ped short €:f passing a bottle
bill in tltc <ir~£1 sessun aster
the bevetge industry prom-
ised it c~ulr find a Mtt~r so-
lution to the state's waste
problems.
The Hawaii industry's
plat[ has thzre main parts: ypfp
~ Homes would be as-
~c SUi
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