RES 683 Draft 01 2014-2016 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

COUNTY OF HAWAII 44j4 STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 683 16 A RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO REDUCE LAND-BASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARINE DEBRIS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HAWAII ISLAND PACKAGING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE STAKEHOLDERS TASK FORCE. WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative Stakeholders Task Force (HIPSIS) is comprised of participants from divergent backgrounds and interests as designated by Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 3; and WHEREAS, the HIPSIS task force completed the third of its three scheduled meetings on October 6, 2016; and WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force agrees that marine debris is harmful to marine life due to entanglement and ingestion and habitat destruction such as physical interference by obstruction of sunlight and smothering of marine life; and WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force believes many residents and visitors are not aware of the serious degree of harm to marine birds and fish caused by marine debris; and WHEREAS,the HIPSIS Task Force also agrees that marine debris along the shoreline and on the near shore reef detracts from the beauty of Hawai`i Island, which is detrimental to tourism, an important source of economic wellbeing; and WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force agrees that the County and its residents can do more to prevent land-based refuse from becoming marine debris; and WHEREAS, education programs aimed at the quantifiable reduction of marine debris in terms of source reduction of potential litter and at minimizing litter that may find its way to the ocean is a critical step to reduce marine debris; now, therefore,