Waste and Recycling
"We must fix our sewers and tackle our solid waste and recycling problems."
Mayor Hannemann
State-of-the-City Address
February 2005
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sewers and Wastewater
- Invested more than $1 billion in sewer infrastructure, more than previous administration spent in 10 years; project spending as much as $1.5 billion more over six years beginning with 2008
- Kalaheo Avenue sewer, Niu Valley force main, Beach Walk Emergency bypass completed; St. Louis Heights and Kapiolani Boulevard projects to be completed in 2008
- Sewer construction to begin in 2008 in Kailua, Renton Road, Kaneohe Bay Drive, Houghtailing Street, Waimalu, Kalihi, Nuuanu, Wilhelmina Rise, Kuliouou, Waimanalo and Fort DeRussy beginning this year
- Expansion and improvement of wastewater treatment plants at Sand Island, Honouliuli, Kailua and Wahiawa
- Opposing EPA on unnecessary requirements for Honouliuli and Sand Island wastewater treatment plants that could drive average sewer fees to $300 a month
- Negotiated a $300-million settlement with EPA and state to assess six critical force mains and provide backups for three of them – Beachwalk, Ala Moana No. 3 and Kaneohe-Kailua – over 11 years
- Acquired Laie wastewater system
Solid Waste and Recycling
- Made scheduled bulky item curbside pickup service available islandwide
- Instituted “greencycling” – automated curbside pickup of green waste for 50,000 homes with blue bins that were sitting idle for more than a year
- Launched curbside recycling in Hawaii Kai and Mililani, with announced plans to go islandwide
- Successfully negotiated an early purchase agreement of H-Power and scheduling to process an additional 300,000 tons of waste that would generate 22 megawatts of electricity
- Launched the popular “Discover Recycling Fair”
- Drafted an updated Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
- Began pilot project to divert metal at Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill
- Teamed up with Nike on Reuse-a-Shoe annual campaign, which recycles old athletic shoes
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