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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
urging the state to ban single-use plastic goods and plastic bags and to set a sustainability example by eliminating the use of single-use plastic tableware at state department meetings and functions.
WHEREAS, the impact of the world's waste stream is unsustainable and detrimental to the future of Hawaii's environment and people; and
WHEREAS, plastic goods and other carbon-based products contribute to the environmental degradation of Hawai‘i; and
WHEREAS, the State is obligated to act in the best interest of the residents' health and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the reduction of the amount of plastic waste directly improves the carbon-based waste stream of the State; and
WHEREAS, Maui County and Hawaii County have already started reducing the amount of plastic waste in the State by banning polystyrene containers; and
WHEREAS, the Honolulu City Council recently passed a bill banning most single-use plastic goods and bags; and
WHEREAS, the State is committed to significantly reduce its waste production and eliminate carbon-based single-use plastics by 2030; and
WHEREAS, the attendees of the 26th Annual Children and Youth Summit voted that the reduction of single-use plastic in the State is a priority concern that needs to be addressed; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i, Regular Session of 2020, the Senate concurring, that the State is urged to ban the use of single-use plastic goods and plastic bags according to the same standards set forth in Bill 40, as passed by the Honolulu City Council in 2019; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State is urged to set a sustainability example by eliminating the use of single-use plastic tableware at all state department meetings and functions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor; Comptroller; Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture; Attorney General; Director of Finance; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Adjutant General; Superintendent of Education; Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Director of Human Resources Development; Director of Human Services; Director of Labor and Industrial Relations; Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Director of Public Safety; Director of Taxation; and Director of Transportation.
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Keiki Caucus; Single-Use Plastic; State Departments; Ban