bill 62 (2020), cdi testimony

Bill 62 (2020), CDITestimony

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I am a Landscape owner and would like to support bill 62.This would support my business with quality product used toWritten Testimonyamend soil at my projects around the state. Eden LLC is mycompany.

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4MULKFRNLANDSCAPING & NURSERY

November 20, 2021

The Honorable Radiant Cordero, ChairCommittee of Transportation, Sustainability, and Health

Honolulu Hale

530 S. King Street, Room 202Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Re: 2 Reading Testimony, Bill 62, as amended SUPPORT

Dear Chair Cordero,

Our business name is Mulkern Landscaping & Nursery. We are a landscaping company in business for 46years located in Waimanalo.

We support the intent of Bill 62 to request the city to recycle food waste to compost instead ofincinerating it at H-Power. Composting food waste adds much needed nutrients in the soil and helpsprotect our earth as it reduces green house gases. It will help Hawaii to be more carbon neutral.

Many years ago, Unisyn, a company based in Waimanalo provided a similar service; they allowed us todump green waste and collected food waste from restaurants. The finished product was an excellentsoil amendment.

I expect you will be doing a cost benefit-analysis; recent articles from various sources have mentionedthe plastics we recycle in the city’s blue bins would be better burned at H-Power, because they would

reduce our imports of fuel oil. The fuel market has changed, and I understand it is costing us more to

recycle than if we used the plastics to generate electricity.

I also understand that the city is paying a penalty to H-Power, because it is not aWe provide enough fuel

to burn and considering burning wood chips in lieu of composting as another alternative to reducing

bringing in oil.

Please do your research and use a little common and economic sense in making your decision. If lam

somehow misinformed, I would appreciate your letting me know.

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Kein [ Mijjkern, President

PD Box 25491 • 7040 Hawaii Kai Dñve • Honolulu, H} 96825 • (808) 396-6595L;cense No.: C-8944 • Email: [email protected]

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Name James Farrell

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Name Mack HiyanePhone

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We purchase compost materials for use on projects. Good toWritten Testimonyhave quality materials available sustain island, community.

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Name Stan & Lenora RohdenPhone

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Name Kel Kato

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I have been farming tumeric. sweet potatoes. ulu. etc. for over 45years. I support Bill 62. The City of Honolulu should be proud torecycle food wasteto make a high nutrient rich Compost. With the high cast of fertilizer,composting food wastewill help farmers reduce importing high cost fertilizer.

WrittenThe ECONOMIC BENEFITS of increasing local food production will

es monygenerate higher yields, help farmers keep cost down by using a localproduct and being able to use an organic and nutrient rich compost.This may offset the total cost for such a great recycling program.Once we burn it, the price of harming our planet can never bereversed, so therefore composting will also support our globalwarming, climate change and help support Honolulu being carbon-neutral.

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Name Lukas Petersons

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My name is Lukas Petersons. I am a farmer! landscaper for 15 yearslocated in Honolulu.I support Bill 62 to recycle food waste to compost instead ofincinerating at H-Power. Composting food waste adds much needed

Written nutrients in the soil and helps protect our earth as it reduces greenTestimony house gases. It will help Hawaii to be more carbon neutral.

Lukas Peterson632 Paopua LoopKailua, HI

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Name Kekoa WillingPhone

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Name Warren MirandaPhone

Email [email protected] Date 12-01-2021Council/PH

CouncilCommitteeAgenda Item Bill 62Your position on thematter Support

Representing OrganizationOrganization IT. Ground Movement

My name is Warren Miranda. Our business name is IT. GroundMovement, our sister company isTurfgrass Lawns of Hawaii. We have been cultivating grass forover 20 years and continue to supply island wide.Our business constantly uses more than a thousand of yards ofcompost per year.

Written Testimony We support Bill 62 because of the beneficial use of utilizingcompost with more nitrogen. This willenable us to use less fertilizer and still continue to produce highquality harvested crops. We alsosupport this bill as it will eliminate a lot of tonnages from beingincinerated at H-Power.Mahalo

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Name David PascualPhone


CouncilCommitteeAgenda Item Bill 62Your position

Supporton the matterRepresenting OrganizationOrganization D Pascual Landscape

Aloha,

if I have been a landscaper over 5 years and have been helping otherneIandscapers for over 10 years. We support Bill 62 to help enhance thees imonyquality of compost. We trust that when we create a local sustainableproduct, we will support local workers and products.

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Name Danmar CudalPhone

Email danmarcudal819gmail.comMeeting Date 12-01-2021Council/PH

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Representing OrganizationOrganization Dan’s Landscape and Yard Maintenance

Hello,My name is Danmar. My business relies on local compost. We supportBill 62 as this will allow an upgrade to the compost quality and

Written enhance the vegetation’s appearance and not to mention the healthTestimony also due to the nutrients the food waste will add. As a Landscaper, it

all begins with the compost quality- for the long term period of the rootgrowth in everything we install.Thank you

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Name Kehau DeshaPhoneEmail kehaudeshagmail.comMeeting Date 12-01-2021Council/PH Committee CouncilAgenda Item Bill 62Your position on the matter SupportRepresenting SelfOrganization

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Name Barbara PangPhone

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CouncilCommitteeAgenda Item Bill 62 CD1Your position on thematter Support


Aloha,My name is Barbara Pang and I am the buyer for KoolauFarms.

Written Testimony Please Support BIll 62 so that we can recycle food waste tomake a great local compost product.

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From: CLK Council InfoSent: Friday, November 26, 2021 12:13 PMSubject: Council Testimony

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Name Vernon KawaharaPhoneEmail kgshawaUyahoo.comMeeting Date 12-01-2021Council/PR

CouncilCommittee

Agenda Item Bill 62

Your position onSupportthe matter

Representing OrganizationOrganization Kawahara Garden Specialist

Our business name is Kawahara Gardening Specialists, Inc. #C23876. We are a landscaping company in business for 30 yearslocated in Kailua, Oahu,We support Bill 62 to request the City to recycle food waste to

Written Testimony compost. Composting food waste adds much needed nutrients inthe soil and helpsprotect our earth as it reduces green house gases.

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LARRY JEFTS FARMS, LLCPC BOX 27

KUNIA, HAWAII 96759(808) 688-2892

November 261 2021

To: The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair and Presiding OfficerAnd Members of the Honolulu City Council

From: Larry Jefts

Re: 6111 62 CDI, Relating to RecyclingDecember 1,2021 Hearing — 10:00 AM

Support

Chair Waters and Members of the Honolulu City Council,

My name is Larry .Jefts, an Oahu farmer with weekly production of about one millionpounds of fresh produce for import replacement crops. I strongly support the concept ofrecycling in all forms.

As a farmer, I can speak to the value of local, commercially produced compost material.I cannot speak to the City’s needed infrastructure, technology, and costs to accomplishthis.

As many know, in 2016, I was one of the early farmers to grow food on Central Oahu’sGalbraith land that had lain fallow since 2004. These agricultural lands are formerpineapple fields, with high acidic soil composition unsuitable for growing other crops.Intensive soil preparation was needed to restore the pH balance—to make the soil lessacidic and restore soil nutrients.

Commercially produced compost increases the soil nutrient content, the water holdingcapacity of sandy soils, and the water infiltration of clay soils. This reduces waterirrigation requirements and costs. Other benefits include greater crop yield and size ofsome crops, and suppression of certain plant diseases, parasites, and weed seeds.

In addition, locally produced compost mitigates the challenge of importing fertilizers andother plant nutrients caught up in the global supply chain crisis and shipping delays.

Please call me at 808-688-2892 if there are any questions. Thank you for theopportunity to present testimony.

[email protected]

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Aloha,My name is Gary Hara, retired Major General- State of Hawaii

I SUPPORT Bill 62, CD1 as it is the right thing to do. It has been since2007, where the City Department of Environmental Services wasrequired to recycle food waste and since then, minimum has beendone 14 years later, where we continue to burn/incinerate food wasteand causing harmful methane gases. We are one of the only largeCity across the nation that does not have a food waste collectionsystem to make compostlWritten

TestimonyIn fact, the Department should be doing more. All it takes is educatingand enforcing and not looking at recycling food waste as aninconvenience or humbug task. The Department should have thepassion and discipline of doing what is right and should follow policymade for our community.

Mahalo,Gary HaraRetired Major GeneralState of Hawaii

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December 1, 2021

The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair; Esther Kia’aina, Vice Chair & Members of the Council;City CouncilCity & County of HonoluluHonolulu Hale530 S. King Street, Room 202Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Re: Bill 62. CDI - SUPPORT

Dear Chair Waters, Vice Chair Kia’aina and Members of the Council,

Our business name is Marl’s Gardens. We are a nursery and sustainable farming company in businessfor 13 years located in Mililani.

We support Bill 62 as amended to request the City to recycle food waste to compost instead ofincinerating at Hpower. Composting food waste adds much needed nutrients in the soil and helps

protect our earth as it reduces green house gases. It will help Hawaii to be more carbon neutral,

This bill is a necessary step towards making our islands a place that is more food secure and able toindependently sustain life in an ongoing fashion.

Mahalo,/

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Brendon lau - —

94-415 Makapipipi St.

Mililani, HI 96789

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December 1,2021

The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair; Esther Kia’aina, Vice Chair & Members of the Council;City CouncilCity & County of HonoluluHonolulu Hale530 S. King Street, Room 202Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Re: Bill 62, CD1- SUPPORT


Our business name is Fred Lau Hawaiian Landscape Co. We are a landscape company in business for 35years located in Makakilo.

We support Bill 62 as amended to request the City to recycle food waste to compost instead ofincinerating at HPower. Composting food waste adds much needed nutrients in the soil and helpsprotect our earth as it reduces green house gases. It will help Hawaii to be more carbon neutral.

We feel that we have been destroying the environment for long enough by burning our trash. This isnegligent. We feel that any reduction in the burning of trash is a step in the right direction.

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Fre’èç Lau

92555 Makakilo Dr.

Kapolei, HI 96707

fredmarisgardens.com

December 1, 2021

The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair; Esther Kia’aina, Vice Chair & Members of the Council;City CouncilCity & County of HonoluluHonolulu Hale5305. King Street, Room 202Honolulu, Hawaii 96813


Dear Chair Waters, Vice Chair Kiaaina and Members of the Council,

The Island-wide Curbside Recycling Program was implernenled in 2007. Since then, there have been no significant effortsmade to establish and support a curbside food waste recycling program. By continuing to delay this program, we are directlysupporting inefficient power production by incinerating nutrient-rich, but extremely energy-poor food waste. The true costsget passed dowr to our local farmers, landscapers, and agricultural workers who currently need to rely on imported syntheticfertilizers, pH buffers, and other chemicals to supplement their farms, Ultimately, this deprives all of our residents who wantto live more sustainably,

Recycling and diverting materials should not be seen as an inconvenience, especially if these products can be turned intosomething of greater, more sustainable value. This is the exact case for food waste, both for the local economy andenvironment:

• Economically, a curbside food waste collection program will reduce Hawaii’s supply chain risk by creating nutrient-richcompost locally. Local farmers could offset their costs and dependence on imported chemicals and synthetic fertilizersby using food compost, which is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients that other types of compost lack. Additionally,food composting operations would create more jobs and could reduce produce costs by improving overall crop yieldand crop diversification.

• Environmentally, compost with food waste creates overall healthier soils that hold water and macronutrients moreefficiently while filtering out harmful chemicals that would otherwise leach into our streams, reefs, and ocean. Foodwaste compost could also be used to remediate old agricultural land where soils are too acidic, leached, or hazardous,such as the plantation/pineapple lands. Other benefits of food compost extend further to reforestation aid, wetlandrestoration, and carbon sequestration initiatives.

Once we incinerate food waste and it releases into our earth, we cannot reverse the negative effects or take advantage of itsgreater potential benefits.

As of 2021, the City and County of Honolulu is the 10th largest city in the United States, only behind cities such as New york,Los Angeles, and Austin. Most of these cities have already implemented large-scale food waste collection systems, and all(including Honolulu) have a website dedicated to the advantages of diverting food waste and turning it into nutrient-richcompost for farmers and residents to benefit from. Food waste composting is a major step toward a more sustainable futureand ensuring healthy, fertile land for our future generations.

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We strongly recommend the passage of Bill 62.

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Name Corey RobertsonPhone

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Aloha,We support Bill 62, CD1 to have the City recycle food waste

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December 1, 2021

The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair; Esther Kiaaina, Vice Chair & Members of the Council;City Council

City & County of HonoluluHonolulu Hale5305. King Street, Room 202Honolulu, Hawaii 96813



My name is Jean K. Myers and lam in full support of Bill 62.

There was a city of Honolulu policy made in 2007 to recycle food waste and the City Department ofEnvironmental Service still does not have any food recycling program 14 years later. All major citiesacross the United States have recycled food waste and made nutrient-rich compost with it to helpfarmers, landscapers and even the home owners.

We want to be more island sustainable and dependent of importing food, fertilizer and chemicals, so weshould be taking initiatives to help move our city forward.

Sincerely,

Jean K. Myers

1717 Mott-Smith Drive

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

(808) 345-0023 (cell)

mycrsjcOhawah.rr.com

December 1,2021

The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair; Esther Kia’aina. Vice Chair & Members of the Council;City CouncilCity & County of HonoluluHonolulu Hale530 S. King Street. Room 202Honolulu, Hawaii 96813



My name is Austin Torn. I am a Diversified Agriculture and Small Livestock Manager at Kualoa Ranch. Isupport Bill 62 as amended to request the City to recycle food waste to compost instead of incinerating atHPower. By allowing food waste to be recycled and composted, you will be helping us farmers haveaccess to nutrient rich compost so that we can grow healthy local food for our Island and also help us inthe fight against global warming and environmental degradation.

Higher quality compost that contains decomposed food waste has more macronutrients such as nitrogenand also adds more organic matter that benefits our soil’s health. The healthier our soil, the more we cangrow nutritious food for our community. Healthier soil also sequesters more carbon, reducing atmosphericgreenhouse gasses and helping mitigate global warming effects.

Incorporating higher quality compost into our soils will give us the ability to help protect our localwatershed ecosystems. One of the most harmful marine pollutants come from agriculture operations suchas excess synthetic fertilizers leaching from our soils into the oceans and streams. Adding compost to oursoil is a natural and organic way to incorporate beneficial nutrients that won’t leach from our soil into ourwater ways. It increases the health of our soil by incorporating more organic matter that can improve soilstructure and pore space, trapping and allowing microbes to break down harmful pollutants before makingit into our watersheds.

With the passage of Bill 62, we can turn a previously disregarded product like food waste into somethingthat will not only benefit our local agriculture and environment, but also create a more sustainableHawaii.

Mahal 0,

Austin Tom1343 Aulepe StreetKailua HI 96734

monkmon88jgmailcom

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Agenda Item Bill 62Your position on

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Bill 62 is important for our city to recycle food waste to compost.WrittenNutrient rich Compost will help make our island more sustainableTestimonyand keep our environment cleaner by reducing our carbon footprint.

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Aloha,Composting food waste instead of incinerating it is a lot more

Wrenvironmentally friendlier. There are three bins (gray, blue and green)and food waste is not trash- so it should not go in the gray trash bin, itTestimonyshould be recycled in the green bins.

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Name Robert Kenworthy

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Name Tamara MorenoPhone

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We support Bill 62 to recycle food waste instead of burning itWritten Testimonyat H Power.


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Name Nicholas ComerfordPhone

Email [email protected] Date 12-01-2021Council/PH Committee CouncilAgenda Item CR-318 Bill 62 (2020), CD1-Relating to recyclingYour position on the

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Representing OrganizationCollege of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources,OrganizationUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

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P.O. Box 860226WaNawa, I-lI [email protected] 808-351-8169

December 1, 2021

Re: Bill 62, CD1Position: Sweet Land Farm supports passage of Bill 62, CD1

Dear Chair Waters,

We support a change to composting of the food waste on Oahu in place of eitherincineration or landfill.This waste will be a benefit to the composting process and the quality of the finalproduct.We farmers need access to a high quality compost material to buffer pH, improvemoisture retention and contribute nutrients to our soils. Food waste will improvethe nutrient level of the compost material. Offsetting the cost of expensivefertilizers is of tremendous value to our operation.

We already use Hawaiian Earth Compost material, but with the inclusion of thefood waste into the process we look forward to increased levels of severalimportant nutrients, most importantly Nitrogen.

Thank you!

Eric HelloOperations Manager

ric@sweetIandfarrnb?waJi.com

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Name Kekuamakana LewisPhone

Email staypulugmaiIcomMeeting Date 12-01-2021Council/PH Committee CouncilAgenda Item Bill 62

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Aloha,Please kokua and support Bill 62.Written Testimony

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Name Kamaka LewisPhone

Email kamakalewis10gmaiI.comMeeting Date 12-01-2021Council/PH Committee CouncilAgenda Item Bill 62

Your position on themaffer Support


Aloha Chair Water,Written Testimony Please support Bill 62. It is the right thing to do for our Ama and

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Name Kaaina LewisPhone

Email KaainaIewis10gmail.comMeeting Date 12-01-2021Council/PH Committee CouncilAgenda Item Bill 62Your position on thematter Support


Aloha,My Ohana supports Bill 62.

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The Honorable Tommy WatersHonolulu Hale530 S. King Street. Room 202Honolulu. Hawaii 96813

Re: Bill 62, as amended- SUPPORT

Dear Chair Waters,

We support Bill 62 as amended that the director shall include the collection of food waste alongwith the collection of other recyclable materials before January 1. 2024.

[he main objective of recycling is to minimize waste and reduce what is incinerated or sent tothe landfills. As food waste comprises 1/3 of Oahu’s waste stream, recycling food waste issomething that must be addressed as soon as possible.

Eco—Feed. Inc. is a food waste recycling company that has been doing business on Oahu for 22years. Although we provide food waste services for the largest of food—waste producers on theisland. the amouni that is collected is only about 25% of the total 1/3 that needs to he recycledimmediately.

In 1997 I-tawaii was one of the first States to pass a mandatory business food waste recyclingordinance on the island of Oahu. The ordinance required large ftod producers to separate andrecycle their food waste. Since then. 10 other States between the periods 2009—2016 imposedfood waste bans and mandatory recycling requirements on food establishments. l-lawaii was apioneer amongst other States to implement a thod waste recycling ordinance and after 24 yearswe must catch up and establish further requirements to achieve full compliance.

As a leader in recycling, we have made efforts in educating and changing the habits of 0ahusthod industry. Man want to recycle but inthrmation and facilities must he more readilyavailable. By recycling food waste. we will he able to convert this commodity into value—addedend—products such as nutrient—rich compost — that would greatly- benefit our community.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of this bill

Mahal o.

4477/ QAmy N. TomiyamaEco-Feed. Inc.P.O. Box 31089Honolulu. Hawaii 96820(808) 841 -5586 / a.tomiyama2yahoo.eom


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Aloha Chair Waters,I am the owner of a tree trimming business for nearly 20 years. I

Written support Bill 62 because food waste recycling to make compost willTestimony yield into a more nutrient rich product.



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Written TestimonyRecycling efforts by the City for Food waste composting will helpmany people and farms by making it easier and healthier for all.

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Written TestimonyI support Bill 62 as it is better to turn food waste into compost tohelp the earth, than to burn it and hurt the earth.

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Aloha,Bill 62 is one the best bills this year and a no brainer. Compostingfood waste will add nutrients to the compost, thus making it richerWritten Testimonyand better for the environment.



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The Honorable Tommy Waters, Chair; Esther Kia’aina, Vice Chair &Members of the Council;

Aloha Respected Chair and Council Members,

I am writing in full support of Bill 62 CD1, due to my interest in hopefor Hawaii to become more sustainable and green.Composting is a great way to turn waste into beneficial compost thatis good for soil quality, good for better crop growth, and good for theenvironment.

Added to the above benefits, its beneficial for the local economy byproviding job opportunities and keep the local money in the state.

WrittenTestimony Composting is known for many many years, very small changes have

been made into the process, mainly due to that it is like nature. Doeswhat does at its best.

Burning organic waste can lead to major environmental pollution withnitrogen, and other nutrients. However, composting is turning thewaste into soil conditioner or fertilizer that will help Hawaii be moreself sufficient.

Locally produced fertilizers can help reduce the state reliance onimported crop growth inputs, which could lead to more affordable localfood, less need for waste disposal locations, and more money stayingin our beloved Hawaii.

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Soil health is an important aspect in agriculture and environmentalstudies, composting and the derived compost, which is known to berich with good biology, can improve soil health. Improved soil healthmeans better physical, chemical, and biological soil properties, allthose and leading to better crop growth and yield.

Again, I highly support the passing of Bill 62.

Mahalo for reading my testimony.

AlohaAmjad A. Ahmad, PhD

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HAWAIIFARM BUREAU

P.O. Box 253, Kunia, Hawaii 96759Phone: (808) 848-2074; Fax: (808) 848-1921

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Office of the City ClerkAttention: Information Section530 South King StreetRoom 100, Honolulu, HI 96813

Regular Meeting of the Honolulu City CouncilDecember 1,2021

10:00 AM.

Testimony on Item CR-318, BILL 62(2020), COl — RELATING TO RECYCLING.Addressing the curbside collection of food waste.

Aloha Chair Waters, Vice Chair Kia’aina, and Members of the Council,

I am Randy Cabral, President of the Hawaii Farm Bureau (HFB). The Hawai’i Farm Bureau(HFB) is the state’s largest nonprofit general farm organization representing the interests ofthousands of farm families throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Food makes up a significant portion of the overall disposed waste stream. HEB supports thecollection of food waste from households to be properly composted for use as a potential sourceof soil amendment for growers, while saving landfill space, reducing greenhouse gas emissions,and improving HPower efficiency.

In contrast with this proposed program for household collections, we continue to support the useof food waste diverted from commercial enterprises such as restaurants and grocery stores, orCounty facilities as a valuable source of feed for the islands’ pig farmers, as needed.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony. On behalf of our farmer and ranchermembers who supply Hawaii’s residents and visitors with fresh produce, meats, flowers, plantsand other agricultural products, while stewarding the land and keeping our islands green andbeautiful, we appreciate your continued support of Hawaii’s producers.

Sincerely,

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College of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResourcesFounding College of the University of Hawaii

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City and County of HonoluluWednesday, December 1,2021 at 10:00 am

byNicholas Comerford, Dean

College of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResourcesUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

CR-318, Bill 62 (2020), CD1 — Relating to recycling

Chair Waters, Vice Chair Kia’aina, Floor Leader Cordero and members of theHonolulu City Council:

Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of Bill 62 (2020),recycling.

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We stand in support of this bill as it addresses the immediate need to close theagricultural circular economy. In agriculture, we generally concentrate on the growthand consumption of our crops, and the sustainable use of natural resources. We do notsufficiently deal with the waste that is generated by our actions. In a tropical urbanenvironment, landscape waste is a common and abundant waste to be dealt with. Wealso waste approximately half of what we grow and prepare for consumption.

Therefore, living on a remote island in the Pacific makes this bill particularly significantbecause it determines how waste is handled as a short- and long-term issue. Suchissues can define the long-term quality of life for the residents of Honolulu. Increasedrecycling, including the separation and preparation of waste for collection, is one of theobvious strategies for dealing with waste in this unique environment.

We also support the idea of including food waste by 2024 as another positive outcomeof this bill. Our hope is that composting will be a process used to deal with organicwastes as it is another mechanism for closing the circular economy.

Nicholas Comerfordcta h rd ii hawa i . edu 3050 Maile Way. Gilmore Hall 202 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.2271

Telephone: (808) 956-8234, Fax: (808) 956.9105E-mail: [email protected]

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Bill 62 will add nutrients in the compost with food waste and willWritten Testimony help farmers grow their crops and increase their livelihood and

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I support Bill 62 as it will help keep food waste from being burnedWritten Testimony at H Power and utilize it to make more quality compost for farmers

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Name Howard J. Perry Jr.PhoneEmail [email protected] Date 12-01-2021Council/PH

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Dar Chair Waters,Our business is Perry Management Corporation. We are a MunicipalSolid Waste (MSW) hauling and Recycling company, located inCampbell Industrial Park, with our main office in Wahiawa. We haveprovided MSW haling and recycling here in Hawaii for 20 years.

We support Bill 62 CD1 to request the City and County of Honolulu to

Writtenrecycle food waste to compost instead of incinerating at H- Power.

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Composting food waste adds much needed nutrients in the soil andes imonyhelps protect our earth as it reduces green house gases. It will helpHawaii to be more carbon neutral.

Mahalo,Howard J Perry Jr.Perry Management Corporation712 California AvenueWahiawa, HI 96786

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TO: Members of the Honolulu City Council

FROM: Natalie Iwasa808-395-3233

DATE: Wednesday, December 1, 2021

SUBJECT: Bill 62 (2020), CD1 Curbside Collection of Food Waste — COMMENTS

Aloha Chair Waters and Councilmembers,

Thank you for allowing testimony on Bill 62 (2020), CD1, which mainlyrequires the city to collect food waste. I have a number of concerns about thisbill such as:

• Adding another cart will take up valuable space for homeowners;

• A separate pick up would likely be required to collect the food waste,and some areas of Oahu already have delays in pickups;

• Odors may be an issue; and

• Adding another level of separation will increase the cost of trash pickup— labor, trucks, carts, facility processing, etc., were mentioned by theadministration.

Windward Zero Waste School Hui works with schools to turn their food wasteinto rich soil. I would rather see support for this type of program thanmandating food waste pickups.

Individual worm composting is another alternative that has worked well forsome people.

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