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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.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, Department of Environmental
Management Director Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, and Department of Research and
Development Director John DeFries.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 21st day of December , 2016.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MBER, 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 the KANUHA X
County of Hawaii on December 21, 2016 X
LEE LOY
O'HARA X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
RUGGLES X
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Reference: C-1147/EMC-11
1147/EMC 11
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 709 16
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