STAND. COM. REP. NO. 905

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 871

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 871, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD WASTE RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to promote re-use and recycling to reduce solid and liquid waste.

     More specifically, the bill creates a pilot project to test food recycling in schools.

     The Department of Education submitted comments on this measure.

     Currently, in spite of recycling efforts, only a fraction of solid and liquid waste is recycled, particularly at state facilities and public schools, which are among the largest institutional generators of food waste in the State.

     Your Committee finds that funding a pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of recycling in state facilities and public schools addresses the major concern about the landfills on all islands, all of which have nearly reached their maximum capacity.

     Your Committee amended the bill to make technical, nonsubstantive changes for consistency, clarity, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 871, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair