HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-07-26 EMC testimony (7-22) Dolena, SylviaFrom:Sylvia Dolena
To:Sur, Peter
Subject:Agenda Item V 2 for July 26
Date:Saturday, July 22, 2023 11:14:12 PM
Attachments:Zero Waste Hierarchy 2023 7-26.docx
3cory@gmail.com>Date: Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Subject: Fwd: comments on V 2 for July 26To: Mark Koppel' via Justice Warriors <justice-warriors@googlegroups.com>
COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM V 2: DRAFT RECYCLING ORDINANCE
For Environmental Management Commission, 9 AM Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Aloha Commissioners,I have reviewed Zero Waste Hierarchy by Mike Ewall of EJN. Please give this hierarchy due
consideration.
Regards,Sylvia Dolena
Pele Lani Farm LLC
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Zero Waste Hierarchy: Redesign Reduce Source Separate: (reusables, recycling, composting and trash)
• Reuse / Repair
• Recycle (multi-stream) ⇒ Material Recovery Facility (MRF)
• Compost ⇒ aerobically compost clean organic materials like food scraps and yard waste to return to soils
• Waste:
o Waste Composition Research (examine trash to see how the system can be improved upstream)
o Material Recovery (mechanically remove additional recyclables that people failed to separate)
o Biological Treatment (aerobic composting -- or, better yet, anaerobic digestion followed by aerobic composting -- of organic residuals to stabilize them)
o Stabilized Landfilling (biological treatment reduces volume and avoids gas and odor problems)