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Nov 1, 2015

ENVIROMENTAL TROUBLES * USA: Hawaii's garbage disposal

* Hawaii - Environmental Management Commission likes garbage trucking plan

-- Cross-county garbage hauling moved a step closer to reality Wednesday, with the Environmental Management Commission’s unanimous approval of a bill giving the mayor’s administration much more leeway in deciding whose trash goes where... “What we want is the best policy islandwide,” said Kohala Councilwoman, Margaret Wille... Environmental Management Director, Bobby Jean Leithead Todd, said the bill will serve a twofold purpose. First, it will lower tipping fees at the West Hawaii landfill at Puuanahulu by allowing the county to get a discounted fee by reaching a minimum level of waste. Second, the county can use the empty trucks to haul mulch from the West Hawaii landfill back to East Hawaii... The county is currently in the process of selecting a contractor for an ambitious organics diversion project that will remove much of the green waste, food, paper and compostable plastics from the waste stream and create a compost that can be sold to the public. Four new HI-5 recycling centers have also recently opened at transfer stations... A “pilot study” in 2012 caused outrage in West Hawaii and resulted in the ban. Rubbish trucking proposals had been a contentious issue for island residents for years, and the revelation a pilot project was ongoing came days after Mayor Billy Kenoi told West Hawaii residents the county had no plans to transport the trash... 
(Photo by Laura Shimabuku/West Hawaii Today: Trucks leave the Puuanahulu Landfill after emptying their loads on Wednesday)   --   Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - The West Hawaii Today, by Nancy Cook Lauer - October 29, 2015

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