08-15-2008, 07:15 AM
Trucking.
Barging.
Burning.
Burying.
When the Hilo landfill closes, we will not be able to bury in Hilo.
The date of that closure will be determined by how much is going in.
The sooner we put less in, the longer the Hilo landfill stays open.
Within less than 2 years we can reduce by 50% what is going into the Hilo landfill and the Kona landfill and that will make both remain open longer.
Burning is not an 'interim' measure.
Burning does not preclude trucking and burying -- about 25% by weight of what now goes into the landfill cannot be burned and must be buried. About 30% by weight of what would be burned would be ash that must be buried (about 15% of what now goes into the Hilo landfill would have been trucked and buried in Kona under the Wheelabrator proposal).
So, about 40% of what now goes into the Hilo landfill, if not re-used, recycled, or composted would need to be buried -- and that means also trucking if the Hilo landfill is closed.
Barging. Costs are prohibitive and not changing soon.
The closest thing we have to an 'interim' measure is getting serious about reducing, re-using, recycling. This simply has not been done prior to the upcoming Zero Waste project. More, faster, and lower cost gains can be made this way than any other.
Zero Waste is a goal -- not a magic number.
...look at ecocycle.org, zerowaste.co.nz, zerowaste.org
Most importantly, this is about a positive attitude.
Zero Waste. Can Do!
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
Barging.
Burning.
Burying.
When the Hilo landfill closes, we will not be able to bury in Hilo.
The date of that closure will be determined by how much is going in.
The sooner we put less in, the longer the Hilo landfill stays open.
Within less than 2 years we can reduce by 50% what is going into the Hilo landfill and the Kona landfill and that will make both remain open longer.
Burning is not an 'interim' measure.
Burning does not preclude trucking and burying -- about 25% by weight of what now goes into the landfill cannot be burned and must be buried. About 30% by weight of what would be burned would be ash that must be buried (about 15% of what now goes into the Hilo landfill would have been trucked and buried in Kona under the Wheelabrator proposal).
So, about 40% of what now goes into the Hilo landfill, if not re-used, recycled, or composted would need to be buried -- and that means also trucking if the Hilo landfill is closed.
Barging. Costs are prohibitive and not changing soon.
The closest thing we have to an 'interim' measure is getting serious about reducing, re-using, recycling. This simply has not been done prior to the upcoming Zero Waste project. More, faster, and lower cost gains can be made this way than any other.
Zero Waste is a goal -- not a magic number.
...look at ecocycle.org, zerowaste.co.nz, zerowaste.org
Most importantly, this is about a positive attitude.
Zero Waste. Can Do!
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park