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How do so many dysfunctional people find their way to Puna and Punaweb?
How do they find their way into County government?
Given County's handling of SPACE (and other "land-use issues"), does anyone really want them in charge of something that could actually be dangerous?
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anyone going to work today? - or shall we hang out and rant .....tough week next week - benefits come out - nothing on the shelves - today would be a good shopping day - thats my plan....
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If its anything like the the one on Maui, be warned....it stinks. Pahoated, surely the filling of the planet with the by products of western civilization is an on going concern? Even if this thread is old it covers current negotiations and arguments on the difficulties involved, not in dealing with our NEEDS, but with our excesses.
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Originally posted by birchl
I wonder what would happen if we simply closed the land fill? Made people responsible for their own rubbish? Do you think people would stop buying rubbish to throw away?
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That's easy to answer - they'd dump their $ hit (excuse me) garbage along every back road in the county as they do now all over Puna. For all the ranting about eco-ethics in Puna, why is it that you can't drive more than a few miles along Puna's back roads without tripping over derelict cars/TVs/garbage/etc?
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they'd dump their garbage along every back road in the county
Not a problem -- those roads are private property, so it's the landowner's responsibility.
(Seriously -- two cars and three dumpsites within a mile of here, reported to HPD months ago, no action taken. One of the cars has been there at least a year.)
Perhaps I should complain to State DOH.
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Hawaii County officials want garbage diverted from the Hilo landfill and turned into something useful. While waste-to-energy incinerators are the first thing that comes to mind, the ultimate facility may not be a burner.
A request for proposals the county issued Monday leaves the type of facility open. Instead, the county is looking for a contractor that will finance, design, permit and build a plant on its own dime. In return, the county will guarantee payment of a tipping fee for 93,075 to 98,550 tons of solid waste per year and allow the contractor to keep the proceeds from sale of residuals, energy or fuel produced by the plant.
In Maui County, for example, the recently contracted plant doesn’t produce electricity.
Maui’s facility will include a recyclable materials recovery facility to separate recyclables such as metals, glass, plastic, cardboard and paper. The waste then will be further separated into digestible organic fraction and residual matter.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...ZoC3U.dpuf
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As of June 18, 2014: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...n-facility
"A waste-to-energy incinerator will be the solution to Hawaii County’s garbage problems, judging by a list of finalists released Tuesday for the project.
All three companies making the short list specialize in mass-burn incineration, with garbage combusted to produce power to sell to electric companies."
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Originally posted by Obie
Curious why you are posting an old story from 2008 ???
With the Hilo landfill reaching capacity and no plans to expand it, there’s now a greater sense of urgency about using technology to reduce the Big Island’s garbage. The political atmosphere has changed as well, with the current County Council more open to the idea.
And, Mayor Billy Kenoi wants a project where the contractor assumes the upfront financial burden and most of the risk.
Those changes notwithstanding, Kaha doesn’t see much difference at the Hilo landfill.
“It seems like everything is about the same as it was nine years ago,” Kaha said as the bus shuttling the potential bidders drove around the site Friday afternoon.
Kenoi is set on having a facility on the ground before he leaves office in 2016. The ambitious timeline sets an April 15 deadline for the first round of proposals. A county panel, along with consultants, will evaluate the proposals and invite the top three proposers to respond to a more detailed solicitation.
The winning proposal will be selected in January, with a contract signed by April 2015.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...tNYQZ.dpuf
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...-take-look
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How do so many dysfunctional people find their way to Puna and Punaweb? That would be you and your other hateful attackers[  ]
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This OP should be closed and locked, it is from years ago. That OP post is an example of Puna rubbish.
This is the status, as of June 2014. The contract hasn't been awarded and it won't be awarded until 2015.
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http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...top-choice
The county next drafts a second RFP, limited to the three finalists. This one, expected to be issued July 15, will be much more detailed. An award will be announced in January, according to the county’s timeline.
Go ahead and ignore the facts, as usual. Let the babel-thon commence. Carry on laughing.
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That's easy to answer - they'd dump their $hit (excuse me) garbage along every back road in the county as they do now all over Puna. For all the ranting about eco-ethics in Puna, why is it that you can't drive more than a few miles along Puna's back roads without tripping over derelict cars/TVs/garbage/etc?
Not so. Boulder Colorado is looking to be the first zero waste county. Although painfully slow, bans on plastic bags and now plastic water bottles point in the right direction. We are, as a nation, slowly waking up to the fact that we cannot keep consuming. Boulder is full of Eco- friendly yuppie hippies, so changing people's mindset about rubbish may have been easier there, but it's not impossible here. Yes there will always be people that abuse but most people here are good people.
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