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RESOLUTION NO. 684 16
A RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTY TO JOIN MALAMA 808 AND
ENCOURAGE THE USE OF LITTERATI, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HAWAII
ISLAND PACKAGING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE STAKEHOLDERS TASK
FORCE.
WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative Stakeholders
(HIPSIS) Task Force is comprised of participants from divergent backgrounds and interests as
designated by Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 3; and
WHEREAS, the HIP SIS Task Force completed the third of its three scheduled meetings
on October 6, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force agrees that litter left by visitors and residents along
the roadsides, parks, beaches, and other locations detract from the beauty of Hawaii Island; and
WHEREAS, such litter may be unsanitary and may ultimately find its way to the ocean,
which is harmful to marine life; and
WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force agrees that the County should join Malama 808, a
private sector program, whose mission is to promote best practices for litter prevention to keep
our land and waters clean; and
WHEREAS, the County's participation in Malama 808 (www.malama808.org) can serve
as a model for Hawai`i Island restaurants and businesses to participate and join more than 100
restaurants and businesses in Malama 808's pledge to:
- Keep trash control at the forefront of our management practices and conduct regular
reviews of trash control procedures.
- Survey our establishments to ensure that there are enough receptacles, and they are in the
correct places to make disposing trash and recyclables convenient and effective.
- Ensure that trash and recycling receptacles are appropriately covered to prevent trash
from flying away.
- Assess the trash that's collected on and around our establishments, and when there is a
problem with trash escaping, take steps to correct the problem.
- Educate our employees and customers on the importance of making sure trash is
managed properly.
- Consult best management practices for trash control and adapt them to our local needs;
and
WHEREAS, Litterati is a website program (http://www.litterati.org/) founded by Jeff
Kirschner that encourages people to send digital photographs identifying the type and location of
litter to the literati interne data base; and
WHEREAS. the digital photographs are collected via#litterati-tagged photos on
Instagram; and
WHEREAS,joining Litterati is simply a matter of downloading the free internet app
available on-line from Litterati LLC, and following the app instructions to photograph, identify,
and tag by geographic location, each piece of litter that will then be properly disposed of; and
WHEREAS, by joining Litterati, the County, through its participating employees, will
collect data about the type and location of litter found and will identify litter-laden areas on
Hawai`i Island; and
WHEREAS, use of Litterati will encourage efforts to reduce litter on Hawai`i Island; and
WHEREAS, such identification specific to Hawai`i Island will assist the County and
others to target specific geographic locations and types of litter reduction needed; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
County join Malama 808 and that the County encourage its employees and the public to use the
Litterati internet program.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Office of the Mayor and Department of Environmental Management.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 21st day of December , 2016.
INTRODUCED BY:
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CoLMEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of theKANUHA X
County of Hawai`i on December 21 , 2016 —
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
AIIEST: POINDEXTER X
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Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON& PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 684 16
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