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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 301 19
(DRAFT 2)
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 WASTE
STREAM MANAGEMENT AND REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES TO INCLUDE
RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATION FOR THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII.
WHEREAS, Act 324, Session Laws of Hawai`i 1991, later codified as Hawai`i Revised
Statutes §3420-2, identified that Hawai`i 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 on October 5, 1994, to adopt the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP), which
provided detailed recommendations for the implementation of various measures and means to
reduce and manage solid waste in the County of Hawai`i; 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 Hawai`i, Department of Environmental Management (DEM),
Solid Waste Division, provided that the amount of solid waste generated in the County of
Hawai`i has increased significantly over the years in excess of 600 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 Hawai`i, it is critical for the County of Hawai`i 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, in recognition of the current environmental crisis, including the
international recycling restrictions, it is incumbent upon the County of Hawai`i to respond to
these new conditions through waste stream management and reduction modifications. Pursuant
to the ISWMP, every recommended waste stream management and reduction methodology
proposed for consideration must identify the environmental effects that are expressed and
measured in terms of environmental full life cycle impacts, (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions,
toxicity, energy use), in addition to tonnage-based landfill diversion or waste recovery goals; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that waste stream management and reduction
technologies, defined but not limited to waste-to-energy opportunities (excluding incineration),
gasification, and other waste conversion technologies, considered for the County of Hawaii
should be crafted and implemented as soon as practicable to address our solid waste concerns, as
well as to provide an opportunity to produce renewable and alternative energy with all or part of
Hawai`i Island's solid waste stream 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 the analysis of waste stream
management and reduction technologies, targeting the evaluation and recommendation of
renewable and alternative energy generation program(s) for the County of Hawai`i.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that through additional legislation, policies, and
actions that Hawai`i 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 Kona , Hawai`i, this 20th day of November , 20 19.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBE , COUNTY OF HAW I`I
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 KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawaii on November 20, 2019
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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Reference:
TY CLER CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDritG OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 301 19
(DRAFT 2)
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