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Aloha 'Aina, Imua Kakou!
Public Meetings on Landfill Issues
To view the Power Point presentation of the first meeting in the series that was held Aug. 20 in Kekaha, click on: PRESENTATION ON LANDFILL ISSUES (PDF)
County Solid Waste Division will be hosting a series of public meetings to educate the community about landfill issues. The meetings will cover the following topics: the status of the Kekaha Landfill lateral expansion, the status of the project to site a new landfill, requirements for modern landfill design, mitigation measures, host community compensation, and community concerns about landfills.
The first meeting took place at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center on August 20, 2008. Attached is a PDF file of the presentation. A list of meeting locations and dates are listed below. For more information call Allison Fraley at 241-4837. All Meetings are scheduled from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Kapaa Area: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at Kapaa Middle School
Koloa Area: Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Koloa Neighborhood Center
Kalaheo Area: Monday, September 22, 2008 at Kalaheo Neighborhood Center
Lihue Area: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Lihue Neighborhood Center
North Shore Area: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at Kilauea Neighborhood Center
The above Powerpoint presentation is really good. The County went to a lot of trouble to create it.
Aloha, Brad
The Updated Solid Waste Management Plan has been released
Please see attachment below.
With the Kekaha Landfill close to maximum capacity and few options for recycling, we are all well aware of the waste problem on Kaua’i. The draft upgrade for the county’s Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan was released on November 16th (see attachments above). Public comment will be accepted after a 60-day review process. Although the new plan includes recommendations that would bring Kaua’i to a 35% waste diversion rate within five years, a lot of concerns remain. The draft plan does not include essential “Maximum Reduce, Re-use and Recycle” facilities, such as a materials recovery facility. Instead, it recommends building an expensive and polluting Waste to Energy (WTE) Facility.
For more information about the problems with Waste to Energy Facilities and sustainable alternatives, see the attachments above. Zero Waste Kaua'i is a committed group of citizens that advocates for a "Max 3R's" (recycle, reduce, reuse) approach to our waste stream. Their current goals are: island-wide curbside recycling, including green waste to provide us with soil enriching compost; to turn our trash into a resource; to ban Styrofoam & plastic; and most importantly to be wiser consumers, insisting on cradle to cradle design. To learn more about ZWK's projects, visit http://zerowastekauai.org. Their meetings are posted on the Save Kaua'i Calendar.