STAND. COM. REP. NO. 253

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1000

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1000 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage community participation in the State's recycling program.

 

     Specifically, this measure requires redemption centers to compute the refund value per container at the request of the redeemer for up to two hundred containers.

 

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Health, Reynolds Recycling, and RRR Recycling Services Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will reduce the underpayment that results when refunds are based on weight rather than by individual container unit, thereby providing a larger incentive for individuals and organizations to recycle.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1000 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

 

 

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RON MENOR, Chair