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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
WHEREAS, the Council believes that waste reduction technology for the County of
Hawaii should be crafted and implemented as soon as possible to address our solid waste
concerns, as well as provide an opportunity to produce alternative energy here on Hawaii Island
to move towards the State of Hawai`i's 2045 initiative for renewable energy sources; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
urges 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 Hawaii.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that through additional legislation, policies, and actions
that Hawaii County can enact, a successful alternative waste stream process should be
implemented that will help promote the over -arching goal to reduce our fossil footprint on our
island and on our earth.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of the Department of Environmental Management, the Director of the
Department of Research and Development, and to the Mayor.
Dated at Hawaii, this _ day of , 20
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEM R, COUNTY OF H AI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on
ATTEST:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
2
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CALL VOTE
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DAVID
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KANF,ALI`I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEW ICZ
LEE LOY
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RICHARDS
VILLEGAS
Reference: C-46.2/AWEEMC
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