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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai
Hawaii County Building Holomua Center West Hawai`i Civic Center Bldg.A
25 Aupuni Street 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway,Suite C-5 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.
Hilo,Hawaii 96720 Waimea, Hawaii 96743 Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i,96740
TO: Dru Mamo Kanuha, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawai`i County Council •
FROM: 1"Margaret Wille, Council Member
DATE: August 10, 2016
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 2; A Resolution to-
Establish a Hawai`i Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative (HIPSI)
Stakeholders Task Force.
Please find attached proposed amendments to Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 2. The proposed
amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Resolution
No. 565-16, Draft 2 (material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; material to be added is
underscored). A draft copy of Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 3, is attached with the proposed
amendments incorporated.
1. Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 2, is amended by amending the sixth through the
twelfth Whereas clauses, which includes the addition of three new Whereas clauses,
to read as follows:
"WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the County of Hawai`i to form a
stakeholders task force that would extend public outreach to address public complaint
issues, with the intent to gather members from federal, state, local, and private agencies
to work together to explore legislative actions to prevent the production of packaging
waste and promote reuse, recycle, and recovery of packaging products aligning with the
County of Hawai`i IRS WMP for approval by the Hawai`i County Council and Mayor to
become law[;], including but not limited to prohibiting the sale or provision of
polystyrene foam food containers and service ware by all food vendors by July 1, 2018;
and
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August 10, 2016
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WHEREAS, in addition to eliminating the sale or provision of polystyrene
foam food containers and service ware by all food vendors by July 1, 2018, this
[stakeholder] stakeholders task force shall identify solutions addressing the
production and distribution of environmental friendly products and packaging to
improve and reduce product and packaging waste from entering our ocean as its
been proven to be detrimental to marine life; and
WHEREAS, many food service vendors support a ban on polystyrene foam
food containers but are unaware of the availability of alternative eco-friendly
products, therefore,this stakeholders task force shall identify specific educational
steps the Department of Environmental Management and the Environmental
Management Commission may undertake in partnership with interested nonprofit
organizations and vendors to smoothly and successfully implement a ban on the sale
and provision of polystyrene foam food containers and service ware; and
WHEREAS, this [stakeholder] stakeholders task force [shy] may also
identify solutions addressing recyclability and environmental sustainability
concerns[;] related to increasing the use of reusable, returnable, and compostable
products in place of non-reusable, non-returnable, or non-compostable products; and
WHEREAS, this [stakeholder] stakeholders task force [shall] may also identify
safety performance measures of retailers' and producers' products and packaging[;] in
order to promote the use of reusable, returnable, and compostable products that are
considered safe in place of non-reusable, non-returnable, or non-compostable products;
and
WHEREAS, this [stakeholder] stakeholders task force [shall] may also identify
strategies to increase economic opportunity and business development[;], which would
include identifying ways to increase the use of reusable, returnable, and compostable
products in place of non-reusable, non-returnable, or non-compostable products:,and
WHEREAS, this [stakeholder] stakeholders task force [shall] may also identify
superior production and labeling methods and techniques with the goal of reducing
depletion of viable resources; and
WHEREAS, this [stakeholder] stakeholders task force [shall] may also address
concerns and identify solutions to waste recovery and [ ] litter management; and
WHEREAS, elimination of non-recyclable, non-reusable, and non-compostable
products is in the public interest, however, there are businesses that may suffer adverse
financial repercussions from the transition to more eco-friendly products, therefore, this
task force shall make recommendations to address ways the County and the State can
mitigate the ramifications to those businesses; and
August 10, 2016
Page 3 of 4
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-207 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005
Edition, as amended), it is the responsibility of the Environmental Management
Commission to advise the Department of Environmental Management and the County
Council on waste reduction strategies, recycling, litter control, community involvement,
and other issues related to the functions of the department, therefore, comments and
recommendations of the task force members shall be forwarded to the Commission for
review and consideration in advance of any vote by the Council; and"
2. Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 2, is amended by amending the first and second Be It
Further Resolved clauses to read as follows:
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force will be comprised of
[Council Chair Dru Mamo Kanuha a+4] Council Member Daniel Paleka, [Corporation
1 - • .. . 1/ .. - - : . .. . -• - ..
Todd, Department of Research and Development Director John De Fries,] Council
Member Margaret Wille, and respective representation from the following: Hawai`i State
Department of Health, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of
Business Economic Development and Tourism, Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Surfrider
Foundation, KYD, Inc., dba K. Yamada Distributors, Recycle Hawai`i, Zero Waste
International Alliance, Sustainable Island Products, Hawaii Food Industry Association,
Hawaii Restaurant Association, Hawaii Paper Products, Suisan Co. Ltd., Island Naturals
Market Inc., the Marine Science Department of the University of California at Santa
Barbara and of the University of Hawai`i-Hilo, the Department of Energy and
Environment in the District of Columbia, West Hawai`i Fisheries Council, Sheraton
Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay, and [two] four members from the general public
who shall be selected as provided herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that [- - • : •• - - . 14 . • _ -- - `• -
Bobby Jean Leithead Todd and Department of Research and Development Director John
De Fries] Council Members Daniel Paleka and Margaret Wille shall each select [ene
member] two members of the general public to serve on the task force."
3. Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 2, is amended by amending the Be It Finally Resolved
clause to read as follows:
"BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of
this resolution to the Honorable William P. Kenoi, Mayor, County of Hawaii; Bobby
Jean Leithead-Todd, Director of Environmental Management; John De Fries, Director of
Research and Development; James Fritz, Chair of the Environmental Management
Commission; Dr. Virginia"Ginny" Pressler, MD, MBA, FACS, Director of Hawai`i
State Department of Health(DOH); Keith Kawaoka, Hawai`i State DOH Deputy Director
for Environmental Health Administration; Linda Chu Takayama, Director of Department
of Labor and Industrial Relations; Luis Salaveria, Director of Department of Business
August 10, 2016
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Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT); Dennis Ling, DBEDT Administrator of
Business Development and Support Division; Megan Lamson, Vice President of Hawai`i
Wildlife Fund; Demian Barrios, Surfrider Foundation Hilo Chapter Chairman; Dexter
Yamada, President of KYD, Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors; John Elkjer, Sustainable
Island Products; the Executive Officers of the Hawaii Food Industry Association; Gregg
Fraser, Executive Director of the Hawaii Restaurant Association; Sales Representatives
of Hawaii Paper Products; [and] Steve Ueda, Sales Vice President of Suisan Co. Ltd.;
Jenna Long, Board of Directors President of Recycle Hawai`i; a representative of Zero
Waste International Alliance; Russell Ruderman, owner of Island Naturals Market
Inc.; Douglas McCauley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution,
and Marine Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara; Karla J. McDermid, Ph.D.,
Marine Science Department, University of Hawai`i-Hilo; Christopher Kibler,
Environmental Protection Specialist for the Department of Energy and Environment in
the District of Columbia; Donna Rodes Goodale, Member of West Hawai`i Fisheries
Council; and Tammie Carpenter, Public Relations and Social Media Manager at Sheraton
Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay."
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Att.
A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A HAWAII ISLAND PACKAGING
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE (HIPSI) STAKEHOLDERS TASK FORCE.
WHEREAS, Bill 140, Draft 3, an ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Hawai`i County
Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), by adding a new article relating to reduction of
polystyrene foam "Styrofoam" food containers and food service ware, failed during the June 3`d
2016, Council Meeting by a vote of 4 ayes, 4 noes, 1 absent; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Hawaii County Council Rule No. 15-6 that any bill or
resolution that has failed cannot be reintroduced in substantially the same form during a Council
term; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 356-07, Draft 2, a resolution to embrace and adopt the
principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawai`i County and to incorporate the zero
waste philosophy into the County of Hawai`i Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management
Plan (IRSWMP), was adopted by the County Council on December 19, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.2.2 of the County of Hawai`i IRSWMP states, in part, "...one of
the fundamental principles of zero waste is redesigning products and packaging, by taking into
account the entire life-cycle of a product. In contrast to the current emphasis on disposability,
products and packaging within the zero waste framework are designed with an emphasis on
minimal use of materials, use of recycled and benign resources, longer product lives, and
maximum potential for every product to be repaired, reused, or recycled...."; and
WHEREAS, in 1994, the European Union's Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
guided member states' efforts to integrate national measures on the management of packaging
waste to ensure that member states' restrictions on packaging do not create barriers to trade
within the EU; intended to reduce the overall impact of packaging and packaging waste on the
environment; and covers a variety of packaging (paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal) and
calls for measures to prevent the production of packaging waste and reuse, recycle and recover
packaging; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the County of Hawai`i to form a stakeholders task
force that would extend public outreach to address public complaint issues, with the intent to
gather members from federal, state, local, and private agencies to work together to explore
legislative actions to prevent the production of packaging waste and promote reuse, recycle, and
recovery of packaging products aligning with the County of Hawai`i IRS WMP for approval by
the Hawai`i County Council and Mayor to become law, including but not limited to prohibiting
the sale or provision of polystyrene foam food containers and service ware by all food vendors
by July 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, in addition to eliminating the sale or provision of polystyrene foam food
containers and service ware by all food vendors by July 1, 2018, this stakeholders task force shall
identify solutions addressing the production and distribution of environmental friendly products
and packaging to improve and reduce product and packaging waste from entering our ocean as
its been proven to be detrimental to marine life; and
WHEREAS, many food service vendors support a ban on polystyrene foam food
containers but are unaware of the availability of alternative eco-friendly products, therefore, this
stakeholders task force shall identify specific educational steps the Department of Environmental
Management and the Environmental Management Commission may undertake in partnership
with interested nonprofit organizations and vendors to smoothly and successfully implement a
ban on the sale and provision of polystyrene foam food containers and service ware; and
WHEREAS, this stakeholders task force may also identify solutions addressing
recyclability and environmental sustainability concerns related to increasing the use of reusable,
returnable, and compostable products in place of non-reusable, non-returnable, or non-
compostable products; and
WHEREAS, this stakeholders task force may also identify safety performance measures
of retailers' and producers' products and packaging in order to promote the use of reusable,
returnable, and compostable products that are considered safe in place of non-reusable, non-
returnable, or non-compostable products; and
WHEREAS, this stakeholders task force may also identify strategies to increase
economic opportunity and business development, which would include identifying ways to
increase the use of reusable, returnable, and compostable products in place of non-reusable, non-
returnable, or non-compostable products; and
WHEREAS, this stakeholders task force may also identify superior production and
labeling methods and techniques with the goal of reducing depletion of viable resources; and
WHEREAS, this stakeholders task force may also address concerns and identify
solutions to waste recovery and litter management; and
WHEREAS, elimination of non-recyclable, non-reusable, and non-compostable products
is in the public interest, however, there are businesses that may suffer adverse financial
repercussions from the transition to more eco-friendly products, therefore, this task force shall
make recommendations to address ways the County and the State can mitigate the ramifications
to those businesses; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-207 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005
Edition, as amended), it is the responsibility of the Environmental Management Commission to
advise the Department of Environmental Management and the County Council on waste
reduction strategies, recycling, litter control, community involvement, and other issues related to
the functions of the department, therefore, comments and recommendations of the task force
members shall be forwarded to the Commission for review and consideration in advance of any
vote by the Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 92-2.5, subsection (a) of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes provides that
two council members may discuss between themselves matters relating to official board business
to enable them to perform their duties faithfully, as long as no commitment to vote is made or
sought and the two members do not constitute a quorum of their board; now, therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby establishes a Hawai`i Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative (HIPSI) Stakeholders
Task Force, in accordance with the County of Hawai`i IRSWMP, as an effort to take incremental
steps toward achieving zero waste.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force will be comprised of Council
Member Daniel Paleka, Council Member Margaret Wille, and respective representation from the
following: Hawai`i State Department of Health, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations,
Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai`i Wildlife Fund, Surfrider
Foundation, KYD, Inc., dba K. Yamada Distributors, Recycle Hawai`i, Zero Waste International
Alliance, Sustainable Island Products, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawaii Restaurant
Association, Hawaii Paper Products, Suisan Co. Ltd., Island Naturals Market Inc., the Marine
Science Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara and of the University of
Hawai`i-Hilo, the Department of Energy and Environment in the District of Columbia, West
Hawai`i Fisheries Council, Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay, and four members
from the general public who shall be selected as provided herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council Members Daniel Paleka and Margaret
Wille shall each select two members of the general public to serve on the task force.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force meet at a minimum of once every
three weeks and shall submit reports in three parts: September preliminary report, October mid-
range report, and November final report to the Council that provide all findings and
recommendations of the task force, including all alternatives for specific measures to address the
appropriate recommendations in the County of Hawai`i IRSWMP.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force will be dissolved on December 2,
2016, unless prior to that date the Council approves by way of resolution a one-year extension.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this
resolution to the Honorable William P. Kenoi, Mayor, County of Hawai`i; Bobby Jean
Leithead-Todd, Director of Environmental Management; John De Fries, Director of Research
and Development; James Fritz, Chair of the Environmental Management Commission; Dr.
Virginia "Ginny" Pressler, MD, MBA, FACS, Director of Hawai`i State Department of
Health (DOH); Keith Kawaoka, Hawai`i State DOH Deputy Director for Environmental
Health Administration; Linda Chu Takayama, Director of Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations; Luis Salaveria, Director of Department of Business Economic
Development and Tourism (DBEDT); Dennis Ling, DBEDT Administrator of Business
Development and Support Division; Megan Lamson, Vice President of Hawai`i Wildlife
Fund; Demian Barrios, Surfrider Foundation Hilo Chapter Chairman; Dexter Yamada,
President of KYD, Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors; John Elkjer, Sustainable Island
Products; the Executive Officers of the Hawaii Food Industry Association; Gregg Fraser,
Executive Director of the Hawaii Restaurant Association; Sales Representatives of Hawaii
Paper Products; Steve Ueda, Sales Vice President of Suisan Co. Ltd.; Jenna Long, Board of
Directors President of Recycle Hawai`i; a representative of Zero Waste International
Alliance; Russell Ruderman, owner of Island Naturals Market Inc.; Douglas McCauley,
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Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology,
University of California-Santa Barbara; Karla J. McDermid, Ph.D., Marine Science
Department, University of Hawai`i-Hilo; Christopher Kibler, Environmental Protection
Specialist for the Department of Energy and Environment in the District of Columbia; Donna
Rodes Goodale, Member of West Hawai`i Fisheries Council; and Tammie Carpenter, Public
Relations and Social Media Manager at Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay.
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