Bill Text: HI HCR27 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Household Batteries and Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs; Recycling

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-08 - Referred to ENE/PSM, WAM. [HCR27 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HCR27-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	27
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES AND COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, household batteries are used ubiquitously throughout the City and County of Honolulu; and

 

     WHEREAS, household batteries may contaminate the environment when improperly disposed of, including the release of pollutants into the air when incinerated; and

 

     WHEREAS, compact fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury and, if broken, may contaminate the environment by releasing mercury into the air; and

 

     WHEREAS, the safest means of disposing of household batteries, as well as compact fluorescent light bulbs and the heavy metals within them, is by means of recycling; and

 

     WHEREAS, recycling of household batteries results in the separation of the plastic components and metals for reuse in new plastic products, batteries, and other products; and

 

     WHEREAS, people throughout the City and County of Honolulu are unaware that improper disposal of household batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs may contaminate the environment, or that household batteries may be safely recycled and where to recycle them; and

 

     WHEREAS, the residents of the City and County of Honolulu are in need of a program to increase public awareness of the importance of recycling household batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, the Senate concurring, that the City and County of Honolulu is requested to continue efforts to increase public awareness on the importance of recycling household batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, the Chairperson of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Director of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services.

Report Title:

Household Batteries and Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs; Recycling