New Water Bottling Plant in Hilo Proposed

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

The future looks less than crystal clear for the proposed Hilo water plant. Discussion is on hold for 60 days, and the owners said they won't wait much longer than that:

The issue of the use permit was deferred in December and January and was to be concluded at Thursday’s meeting. Like previous meetings, however, the commission failed to come to a consensus. Unlike previous meetings, the matter was deferred indefinitely, which will lead to the application being denied by default after 60 days.

“This never really was a plastic issue,” Yee said, explaining that while testifiers at previous meetings addressed concerns about the bottling plant generating excessive plastic waste, the commission has no authority to deal with pollution issues. Instead, testifiers at Thursday’s meeting raised issues regarding the public trust, which is within the commission’s purview.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...al-stalls/

[TomK]

The permit for the proposed bottling plant was denied.

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2019/0...nt-denied/

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

From TomK’s link:

A grateful crowd of water protectors held back tears

Tears no doubt bottled up from months of worry, frustration and recycled fears...

[ElysianWort]

The permit for the proposed bottling plant was denied.


This is wonderful news!!

There are proposals to ban these single use plastic bottles. It will happen soon. Already on the right path with straws, plastic grocery bags, take out containers etc. Why not bottles. They will be next. Denying the permit for the new bottling plant is like nipping it in the bud.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/02/09/...ontainers/

https://www.greenmatters.com/news/2019/0...lastic-ban

[Obie]

Trendy bans on plastic straws are mostly bunk

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opin...story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/busin...k-nyt.html

I could post dozens of links that all say the same thing, it's a bunch of bull !

[randomq]

Thank the gods, where would we get our unlimited clean drinking water from if some million-to-one failure happened at the aquifer? The sky? /s

Hey wait, why do they even want to tap the aquifer? Why not just bottle the rain? It would probably be cleaner!

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Trendy bans on plastic straws are mostly bunk

Presenting, balloons, the new straws. There is a new movement afoot to restrict or ban plastic balloons. I hope the water protectors, fresh off their victory against using water from a place that receives 150 inches of rain a year, have geared up and are ready for their new role as air protectors, no doubt driving to protests in large 8 mpg pickup trucks:

Helium-filled latex balloons have drawn increased attention because of the potential dangers they can cause to the environment. Some states are working to limit how many are released, while others wish to ban balloons altogether.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018...055356002/


Or should I say restrict or ban deadly plastic balloons?

The new documentary titled Balloonfest ’86 documents the tragic aftermath of another record-seeking balloon stunt in Ohio. In a 1986 fundraising ploy, United Way released 1.5 million balloons, causing traffic jams, airport delays, and even two deaths.
https://qz.com/1511684/party-balloons-fo...al-hazard/

[kalakoa]

Plastic bans would be more plausible if there were actual recycling.

I'm hoping someone proposes a recycling plant so that the various anti-everything folks can oppose it.

[MarkP]

Assuming 43,560 sf/acre, 7.5 gallons/cf, and 15ft/yr rain in Eden Roc that works out to just under 5 million gallons of water per year that falls on my acre, the vast majority of which I could live without. Until the volcano quit I could have argued that it was volcano flavored and charged extra. This started out as a joke but if people will spend $6 for a small bottle of water from the deep ocean off Keahole that was purified via RO to make it drinkable like RO filtered water from any mud puddle anywhere else on earth, then why can't I bottle and sell my catchment water? Literally, why not?

[kalakoa]

why can't I bottle and sell my catchment water? Literally, why not?

Permits.