(a) The coordinator shall prepare and submit an annual report to each county, the director, the governor, and the legislature, twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, describing the activities of the office. The annual report shall provide the information required in this chapter, including, but not limited to:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-15

  • Coordinator: means the state solid waste management coordinator established within the office of solid waste management in the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Environmental management special fund: means the fund created by § 342G-63. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Integrated solid waste management: means the use of a variety of waste management practices and processing methods to safely and effectively manage solid waste with the least adverse impact on human health and the environment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Office: means the office of solid waste management in the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Program: means the particular combination of waste management methods selected by each county and designed to achieve the objectives of the state and county integrated solid waste management plans. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Recycling: means the collection, separation, recovery, and sale or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be disposed of as municipal solid waste, and is an integral part of a manufacturing process aimed at producing a marketable product made of postconsumer material. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Solid waste management: means the entire process, or any part thereof, of storage, collection, transportation, transfer, processing, and disposal of solid wastes by any person engaging in these processes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • State plan: means the integrated solid waste management plan developed by the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Waste reduction: means the reduction of solid waste by weight or volume, or both, through a variety of methods prior to disposal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
(1) A summary of the results achieved in meeting the state waste reduction goals, including the amounts of waste disposed of, diverted, and generated in the State, and the progress toward managing waste in consideration of the state solid waste management priorities;
(2) Results achieved in county integrated solid waste management planning and the state plan, with timetables for completion and implementation;
(3) Results achieved in implementing procurement programs, including the amount of recycled goods and materials purchased by the State and counties;
(4) Total paper consumption by state and county agencies and results achieved with the office paper reduction goal;
(5) Results achieved by government agencies in establishing office paper and other materials recovery programs;
(6) Results achieved by state and county agencies in removing barriers to the development of recycling markets and in developing markets and supporting businesses that use recovered materials;
(7) A summary of results achieved by state and county agencies in the provision and execution of the statewide public awareness and education program;
(8) A summary of results achieved by agencies to improve energy efficiency and to reduce reliance on imported fuels in compliance with sections 226-18 and 226-52;
(9) A summary and schedule of the key solid waste management goals and objectives planned for the following year at state and county levels; and
(10) Revenues into and expenditures from the environmental management special fund during the previous fiscal year and projections for revenues and expenditures in the coming fiscal year.
(b) Upon request from the office, the counties shall provide information, to the best of their abilities, to fulfill the requirements outlined in this section.

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