07-09-2023, 01:03 AM
(07-08-2023, 06:18 PM)randomq Wrote: How do we get to zero tourist waste? Do they have to take it back with them on the plane?
That's simple, have zero tourists. But of course that ain't going to happen. Meanwhile methinks..
Retailers that receive shipments of goods in containers should be required to use the empty containers to ship recyclable garbage, equal in kind (materials of like nature) to the goods they receive, back out of here.
Right now this model is being applied to electronics, and not the retailers but the manufactures. I think there's a bunch of bugs to work out yet, and some theorize we will lose access to electronics because of it, so we'll see.
From.. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/11/01...or-laptop/
..The law requires 49 manufacturers, from Apple to Samsung, to report how much product has been shipped in by weight and how they would set up systems to collect discarded devices and ship them to recycling locations.
There are none in Hawaii so all the products would have to be shipped out.
The law covers TVs, computers, tablets and printers, but exempts telephones, devices with screens smaller than 4 inches and those inside vehicles or appliances.
The ambitious recycling goals are measured in pounds.
In 2023, they must harvest half of the weight they shipped into Hawaii in 2021. For Samsung Electronics America alone, that would be 959,376 pounds. That goal raises to 60% in 2024 and 70% in 2025, which the industry said likely cannot be done. “So we think we’ll be OK next year,” said Alcon. “But it’s beyond that, where we’re looking at some serious compliance issues.”