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DATE: March 7, 2017
TO: Valerie T. Poindexter, Chair
Hawai`i County Council
FROM: Eileen O'Hara, Council Member
Hawai`i County Council
SUBJECT: Informational materials for Environmental Management Committee
meeting on March 7, 2017
Attached please find informational materials to replace Communication No. 110.3, for the
presentation relating to the Recycle Hawaii Used Motor Oil program in the EMC meeting on
March 7, 2017. It would be greatly appreciated if the materials could be copied and distributed
to Councilmembers before the presentation begins.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Do-It-Yourself Used Motor Oil Recycling Program
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165 Keawe St., Ste. 108 • Hilo, Hawaii • 96720
Office Tel: 808.969.2012 • Fax: 808.969.2014
www.recyclehawaii.org • info@recyclehawaii.org
FEIN: 99-0293381
Report to the County of Hawaii
Environmental Management Commission
March 7, 2017
DIY- UMO PROGRAM TIMELINE
• 1999 — RH started a series of one-day rural transfer
station collections at County transfer stations and
recruitment of local volunteer businesses to serve as
UMO depots island-wide
• Funded via ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE TAX (Chapter 243) - On
distributors at $1.05 per barrel or fractional part of a barrel of
petroleum product sold to any retail dealer or end user.
Distribution: 5C to the State environmental response revolving fund;
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• FY2015/16, the DOH curtailed funding for the program and all
Hawaii counties were then given responsibility to continue DIY-
UMO program funding via general funds
• COH-DEM extended RH contract to 12/31/2016 - $25,000)
Recycle Hawaii - USED MOTOR OIL COLLECTION PROGRAM
• Over 153,000 gallons of UMO recycled through December, 2016 in Hawaii County since
inception - Averaging 12,000 gallons/year-2012 — 2016
• COH-DEM Reimbursed RH from $54,000 - $65,000 annually for expenses with cost over-
runs covered by RH grant funding
• Overall RH program costs equate to $5 - $6/gallon of UMO collected/recycled
• Program goals were to maximize collections and increase opportunities for DlYers in
addition to regularly scheduled Household Hazardous Waste collections by COH-DEM
• COH-DEM contracts over the past eight years stipulated no new collection sites and
increased reporting requirements that added to program administrative costs
• FY2.016/17 projected RH costs = $65,000 - $70,000, included replacement of three
aging 400-gallon capacity collection tanks in continual use for over ten years
• Latest COH-DEM IFB limited funding to $25,000/year
Alternatives UMO disposal handling :
• --Incentivize more businesses to serve as UMO collection points by
providing a $1/gal. bonus per gallon collected as is done via Maui
County's DIY-UMO program.
• --Explore via a pilot project the efficacy of using UMO as a fuel
source for small UMO burning generators to produce electricity for
small — medium size businesses around the island. See:
http://phoenixpowergroup.com
• --work toward statewide legislation to requiring retailers that sell
motor oil to take back UMO for proper disposal as is done in
communities throughout the U.S. mainland and the developed
world.
Mission Statement :
The mission of Recycle Hawaii is to educate Hawaii
Island communities on recycling and waste
reduction activities for a more environmentally
sustainable future.
In 2017 Recycle Hawaii is celebrating its 25th year
as a 501(c)3 Non-profit Community Educational
Organization and has been a long-time, cost-
effective professional services provider in
assisting the County of Hawaii in addressing its
long-term solid waste management goals.
RESOURCES
• DIY-UMO Technical Assistance Guide —
http://www.recyclehawaii.org/images/stories/documents/use
dmotoroil revisedguide070904.pdf
• http://phoenixpowergroup.com (waste oil to electricity
generators) — proposed method of utilizing UMO locally to
produce electricity at/for small-medium sized businesses
• http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/motor-oil/
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Report to the Hawaii County Environmental Management Commission
On the
Do-It-Yourself Used Motor Oil (DIY-UMO) Recycling Program
March 7, 2017
By
Paul J. Buklarewicz, Executive Director
Residential Used Motor Oil (UMO) Oil Recycling Program for Do-It-Yourself(DIY) Oil Changers
Since 1999, Recycle Hawaii (RH) developed and managed a program on Hawaii Island that allowed for
free disposal of used motor oil by do-it-yourself oil changers (DIY-UMO). Funded by the Environmental
Response Revolving Fund (ERRF) through an agreement between the Hawaii State Department of Health
(DOH)* and the Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (COH-DEM), the program
collected and recycled over 153,000 gallons of used motor oil through December 2016. As of June,
and all Hawaii counties were then given responsibility
2015,the DOH curtailed funding for the program p Y
to continue DIY-UMO program funding via general funds.
RH continued to manage the program through December 2016; however,the diminution of available
funds to no more than $25,000/year and specific conditions stipulated in two recent COH-DEM
Invitations For Bid (IFB)to continue the program for another year has resulted in an RH Board of
Directors decision not to take on perceived liability risks and not to respond to the IFB.
To effectively manage the DIY-UMO program, Recycle Hawai'i has required reimbursements for
expenses ranging from $54,000 to $70,000 annually over the past five years, in some years our having to
seek additional private foundation grant funding to cover expenses over and above what COH-DEM was
willing to provide, e.g., $5,992 for FY2013/14&$2,049.92—FY15/16. Projected costs for the current FY
of$70,000 included replacing aging equipment that has reached the end of its useful life, e.g., collection
tanks with built-up sludge after over ten years of continual use. Overall program costs broken down add
up to approximately$5-6 per gallon of UMO collected. The program averaged recycling of 12,000
gallons/year over the past five years.
At present, six private voluntary businesses and one high school automotive shop provide space for
collection tanks while also providing the labor and record-keeping to manage intake of up to 10 gallons
of UMO per visit by residential do-it-yourselfers. Once DIY-UMO collection tanks are full at any of the
depots, licensed hazardous materials- (HAZMAT) certified haulers pick up the UMO and ship it to Oahu
where it is burned for energy production at the H-Power facility.
For the past five-eight years and counter to RH program stated goals of maximizing the collection of DIY-
UMO by increasing the volume of collections of UMO by providing additional opportunities for
residential DlYers in underserved communities of lower Puna and South Kona, COH-DEM contracts have
stipulated that no new collection depots be opened other than replacing any that drop out of the
program. At the same time, reporting procedures were increased from quarterly and annual reports to
the addition of redundant monthly reports, significantly adding to administrative program costs.
*ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE AND PLANNING COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE REPORT
TO THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, STATE OF HAWAII 2015 (December 2014)
Special Funding to County's Oil Recycling Program the ERRF set aside $200,000 for the management of
used oil and to educate the public on proper used oil disposal options. The funding was allocated
through the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (HEER) Office and to the Solid and Hazardous
Waste Branch for the county oil recycling programs. (Hawaii, Kauai and Maui Counties participated)
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It should be noted that regularly scheduled COH-DEM Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collections
capture an additional approximately 9,000+gallons of DIY-UMO. Two annual HHW events in Hilo and
Kona and one each for Waimea and Pahoa (six/year) are considered to be too infrequent and
inconveniently located by a majority of UMO-DlYers who use the volunteer businesses currently on line
as drop-off depots. Many DlYers have stated that they will just dump their UMO on the ground in the
absence of convenient options for proper disposal. The DIY-UMO program serves from 4,000-5,000
DlYers annually. HHW UMO collected is shipped to the U.S. mainland for proper disposal
A proposed program revision offered to COH-DEM's Solid Waste Division by RH over five years ago is the
idea of using transfer stations as permanent collection centers as is done by the County of Kauai and
many mainland municipalities. This will require revising existing County DOH permits, but we predict
this increase in convenience will increase the amount of oil collected from the public by at least 100
percent. To date,this option has not been pursued by COH-DEM.
Although it is not illegal to dispose of motor oil in the landfills if the substance has been captured by
absorbent material such as kitty litter, it is illegal to dump it on the ground or in the ocean.The DOH
considers used motor oil a hazardous waste. The average oil change for a car generates five gallons
of waste oil. . . enough to contaminate a million gallons of water.
In the interest of public health and environmental protection, the RH staff has been and
continues to be willing to explore solutions to sustainably provide proper UMO disposal options
for the County's residents who maintain their own motor vehicles.
Alternatives UMO disposal handling:
--Incentivize more businesses to serve as UMO collection points by providing a $1/gal. bonus
per gallon collected as is done via Maui County's DIY-UMO program.
--Explore via a pilot project the efficacy of using UMO as a fuel source for small UMO burning
generators to produce electricity for small—medium size businesses around the island. See:
http://phoenixpowergroup.com
--work toward legislation to require retailers that sell motor oil to take back UMO for proper
disposal as is done in communities throughout the U.S. mainland and the developed world.
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