Recycling meeting

The O‘ahu Group joined a meeting at Honolulu Hale to discuss the future of recycling and solid waste in light of the city auditor's report, which recommends we send our recyclables to H-Power for incineration. While there is no easy solution to managing O‘ahu's waste, the Sierra Club supports zero waste and extended producer responsibility policies, locally managing waste through the lens of environmental justice, and prioritizing waste reduction before reuse and recycling. This is just the beginning of working together with the City, State, and our non-profit allies to find creative, sustainable solutions for our ōpala.Update 11/14/17- You can read more about this issue in the recent Civil Beat article: Recycle or Incinerate? The Battle of the Blue Bins