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V OF ayiJeyy COUNTY OF HAWAII VA RESOLUTION No. 301 19 A RESOLUTION URGING THE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO COLLABORATE AND DEVELOP A PLAN FOR A WASTE STREAM REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY FOR RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATION FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAIJ.. WHEREAS, Act 324, Session Laws of HaWai'i 1991, later codified as Hawaii Revised Statutes §342G-2, identified that Hawaii counties and the state should strive to prevent the unnecessary generation of -waste and minimize the amount of waste generated, along with providing other solid waste management practices to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and WHEREAS, to comply with Act 324, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 291- 94 91-94 on October 5, 1994, to adopt the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP), which provided detailed directives for the implementation of various measures and means to reduce and manage solid waste in the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, additional resolutions have since been adopted by the Hawaii County Council to integrate updates to the ISWMP, including "A Path to Zero Waste"; a long-term goal promoting the efficient use of materials to eliminate waste and pollution, which was approved via Resolution No. 356-07, Draft 2 in December 2007, and which was implemented into the Zero Waste Implementation Plan in 2009; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii, Department of Environmental Management (DEM), Solid Waste Division, provided that the amount of solid waste generated in the County of Hawaii has increased significantly over the years in excess of 300 tons per day, and will continue to do so as our population and development activity increases unless a technology for waste reduction is successfully implemented; and WHEREAS, due to the recent cancellation of offshore recycling efforts as previously utilized by the County of Hawaii, it is critical for the County of Hawaii to entertain a comprehensive alternative approach to manage our island's waste stream per its waste reduction goals identified in both the ISWMP and the Zero Waste Implementation Plan; and WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development manages an Energy Program, which concentrates on four focal points of interest, including renewable energy initiatives that will result in the implementation of projects that will save the County and taxpayers money while reducing the impact to the environment; and