STAND. COM. REP. NO.  403

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 101

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 101 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote recycling by requiring state and county agencies to provide and maintain onsite deposit beverage container recycling methods at their public buildings and facilities.

 

     Zero Waste Kauai and one individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee finds that requiring state and county agencies to facilitate recycling efforts will help remove more material from the solid waste stream and protect the environment from pollution.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate with and provide assistance to each county in implementing the measure's requirements; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that state and county agencies shall reasonably provide and maintain onsite methods for collecting and recycling deposit beverage containers and for solid waste disposal.

 

     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. 101, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 101, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair