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SSV OF M '� '�, COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII k.;.•...r. f•Nr•�r . RESOLUTION NO. 709 16 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO INITIATE A FEASIBILITY IMPACT STUDY RELATING TO EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY AND INCENTIVES. WHEREAS, Section 3.2.2 of the County of Hawai`i Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan (IRS WMP) states, in part, "Critical to this principle, is the concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR), a policy tool in which manufacturers are held legally and financially responsible for the waste and environmental impact associated with their product and packaging, rather than passing that responsibility on to the consumer. Under EPR, manufacturers are mandated to ' take back' their end -of-life products and create closed looped systems. As a result, EPR enforces design, production and packaging strategies that take into account the quantity and type of materials required for production, product lifespan, and the ability with which products can be disassembled and recycled."; and WHEREAS, it would be beneficial in our path to zero waste, established via Resolution 356-07, Draft 2, to conduct a feasibility study of the impacts that would occur should the County Council adopt the concept of EPR, which may be established through an ordinance; and WHEREAS, as a marketing and buy-in effort, this study shall also identify incentives that will initiate,promote, and advocate EPR; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby requests the Departments of Environmental Management and Research and Development to work collaboratively to initiate a feasibility impact study relating to extended producer responsibility and incentives. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Environmental Management shall prepare, draft, and execute the Request For Proposal (RFP), as deemed necessary to conduct the feasibility study, while the Department of Research and Development shall maintain the function and contract of said RFP. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that adequate staff and funding shall be provided for the Departments of Environmental Management and Research and Development to accomplish the above-mentioned tasks. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study shall be completed and submitted for Council review no later than July 1, 2018, prior to the opening of the County of Hawai`i composting facilities under the Organics Diversion Program.