For immediate release: March 9, 2016 Press release by: Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Maui County Council Administration’s estimate of waste-to-energy net cost off by $35 million WAILUKU, Hawaii – An audit of the county’s Solid Waste Division reveals the county’s 20-year waste-to-energy contract is projected to cost $1.7 million per year more […]
VIEWPOINT Published in The Maui News, May 24, 2015 By DON COUCH The 3 Can Plan – a pilot program for curbside recycling in some South Maui neighborhoods – was discontinued by the county’s Department of Environmental Management in February after two years. Most of the program’s 1,570 households still have their three cans – […]
The Infrastructure and Environmental Management Committee will meet on Monday at 1:30 p.m. to receive a presentation from the Department of Environmental Management on current initiatives in wastewater reclamation and solid waste management. The Committee will also receive a presentation from Dr. Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, relating to Maui […]
Lectures will be held on Sept. 11 and Oct. 22 in the ’Ike Le’a building at University of Hawaii Maui College to discuss solid waste management policies, programs and technologies. Sierra Club Maui Group and Sustainable Living Institute of Maui will host a panel discussion entitled “Talkin’ Trash: Solid Waste Solutions for Maui.” The free […]
