HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-07-26 EMC testimony (7-22) Harden, CoryFrom:Cory
To:Sur, Peter
Subject:comments on V 2 for July 26
Date:Saturday, July 22, 2023 9:52:33 PM
Attachments:Zero Waste Hierarchy 2023 7-26.docx
COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM V 2: DRAFT RECYCLING ORDINANCE
For Environmental Management Commission, 9 AM Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Aloha Commissioners,
Please consider this Energy Justice Network version of the Zero Waste Hierarchy. I've workeda bit with Mike Ewall of EJN and his knowledge and dedication are impressive.
Cory
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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)