Presentation to Council re: Solid Waste - 3/31

[opihikao]

FYI:

MONDAY 3/31/14 - 3:00pm

Presentation to Hawaii County Council Committee on Ag, Water, and Energy Sustainability by former Councilmember Bob Jacobson and Dr. James Weatherford called "Overview of green waste and other organics' impacts on Hawaii County's solid waste handling."

All satellite stations to be available for testimony or to view presentation live.

Link to County Council Agenda for 3/31/14:

http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/Weblink8/...Page1.aspx

This will be very interesting, please try to attend or watch. Hope the Mayor will be paying attention. JMO.

[Rob Tucker]

Mahalo for being our eyes and hears on these topics.

Assume the best and ask questions.

Punaweb moderator

[opihikao]

Pleasure, Sir, and an honor. This venue is much appreciated.

FYI: (*For reference)

Mayor Kenoi's Position: (*Snipped - More at links)


http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...ll-studies

Mayor Billy Kenoi on Wednesday laid out an aggressive time line to locate a waste-to-energy facility — by far the county’s largest public works project — at the site of the Hilo landfill before he leaves office in 2016.

Waste to Energy Plan: (*Snipped - More at link/Too extensive to snip)

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2014/0...an-part-1/


This one is hopefully sincere, and proposals will be reviewed, as in the presentation by Dr. Weatherford and Mr. Jacobson on Monday:


(*Snipped - More at link)

http://www.hawaii247.com/2014/03/04/mayo...lid-waste/


Mayor requesting proposals to effectively deal with solid waste

Mayor Billy Kenoi officially launched the drive to develop a clean, modern and efficient waste reduction technology for the County of Hawai‘i with the release of Stage 1 of the county’s request for proposals (RFP) on March 3.