STAND. COM. REP. NO.  514-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1892

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1892 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require all State agencies to reasonably provide and maintain onsite collection methods at buildings and facilities under an agency's jurisdiction for the collection of recyclable materials; and

 

     (2)  Appropriate funds for the provision and maintenance of onsite collection methods for recyclable materials at State facilities and buildings.

 

     Zero Waste Kauai supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1892 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair