(a) All county glass recovery programs shall include:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-86

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Glass incentive: means an incentive paid to licensed recyclers for recycling glass containers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-81
  • Glassphalt: means an asphaltic concrete mixture utilizing crushed glass, under controlled gradation conditions, as a substitute for a percentage of the aggregate in the mix. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-81
  • Processing: means any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume or weight, or both, of solid wastes, or any technology used to convert part or all of solid wastes for reuse. 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
(1) Some form of glass incentive or “buy back” program providing a means of encouraging participation by the public or private collectors; and
(2) The paving of the equivalent of one mile of two lane asphalt roadway as part of a research and demonstration program utilizing glassphalt or glass within any other portion of the pavement section; or any other demonstration project as approved by the department.
(b) In addition, county programs may include but shall not be limited to:

(1) Funding of the collection and processing of glass containers either through existing county agencies or through external contracts for services;
(2) Subsidizing the transportation [of] processed material to off-island markets;
(3) The development of collection facilities or the provision of containers for glass recycling, or the incremental portions of multi-material programs;
(4) Additional research and development programs, including grants to private sector entrepreneurs, especially those activities developing higher value uses for the material; and
(5) Public education and awareness programs focusing on glass recovery, or the incremental portions of multi-material programs.
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