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fan fien~ra,~~~#a r~ tore, calling on the counties to Inouye, I)-lst (l~lawi, N. Kona,
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Ai%iERtaSERSGE"JaiG WRi`ia,K ~x>:"'~,,, ~r~-.r. Set u ro .'1 C In ustry Waimea), has proposed a pi-
~~;rA~ says the p an would recover !ot bot*~le r>:ng bill for the
Backegs of a bate da~povit
bil' are still hopeful the I~:gis- ~,.>,z,~..~~a:ta`~ far more than beverage con- ;Ei~, lc~<land: R hearing on Sen-
3.ft~xre aar~ll pass a rncasure r~- tamers and result in a grewter ^te 13;1' 2G{'i5 ;las held by the
~>M~ring deposits for beverage rate of recycling overall. Sarnat.s Com.•~~attee on Water,
co~atainers this session, but The consultant for the in- l.nnd; ~na"?-_ and the Envi~
they know they have a fight il~e bill would place a de- dustr=y, Cascadia Consulting rortm~nt ya;st rday. Thar bill
onthaNirhandw, posii on d~ztalc containers and Group, argues that its plan ~~zoulc# establa:>h a deposit on
State Rep. t-Iern~?aa Morita, ostabti~h a stat~•~vide system could get recycling accom- a~ntai.:ors f~~ the Big lsl~nd,
D-12th (N. Kauai, l~. Maui), for ndavrnption of those con- pushed at a fraction of the ar9~d co'.ay would use that
who heads than Howe Enarrgy tainarrs, To hr~!p familiarize cost of a bottle bill. But recy- money to hire ~srivate firms to
anc-1 ria~onngr~ntalr-'rotarcti~?tt largislats with mailable tech- cling officials say they have set up rmpilon afters.
Corruriittee, said sloe elcpects na?!, t€~ Honalulu pity gov- tried curbside recycling, acid fDio~, l3atti a>sf thaa l~a~rai`i
the? Legislature to support tli>b w~ma=nt's recy;ol cfice has it is faa• too e~o?nsiv~. Food Induse rb; Association
. bot~lebill. placard a containa?r rardemp- All four counties, along said that rel~'~elin~ bottles
But the food and beverage tion chine n~;;ct to the soda with t e
state
1"~epartment of ds~ggl~<~ted f' tl~e Big Isld
industry is trying hard to machines in ~e State Capitol Hea1tP-,,~~ort the bottle ball, u~ld ~u a sa~~>'
blaa:.k at. bass mQnt. Morita said she? was disap- if , .:~u~~av~ to 'holing
J~l-Dose Bill 1256 v~ras held in Mean~+ahile, the toad and pointed that the industry-pro- for ors."::~~ r~n<> s:~°-nty, you haste
a ¢~louse-Senate conference di-inl; indu:shy has hcer3 halci- posed plan did not addrsss a inor::~>F: r of a ;ob separating
a~r:mittee in the 2QQ1 sessian iia~ Trreatir3U vw~ith les,i,lator-s tho Dirge number of soft-drr~lc ir,°v~nt=:N-y,"Lath said,
and has not baren bmaght for- to l! an s >°a~.'t _ eve p pan rr!!- cantaine~rs used oukside the It wit Id re >c:nipler to have
wa;~°d for action as legislators rn^ f~~ ~.t..Md. ~;u;v~~`
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_ c- ho;~r~ and thus failed to ad- a siata ads test"1~ bill than to
sturdy alternatives to address ,c < ling. T`r~„t px~.{n ~~ou c rc;- dress a major source of litter. have cr~e on juuh one island,
the state's rea ;young issues. yuirz no action by tl~a; l.egisla- Meanwhilr:, Sen. Lorraine ho saia:l.
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