Bill Text: HI HR8 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Resolution 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging The State To Ban Single-use Plastic Goods And Plastic Bags And To Set A Sustainability Example By Eliminating The Use Of Single-use Plastic Tableware At State Department Meetings And Functions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-16 - This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Thursday 03-19-20 9:00AM in conference room 325. [HR8 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HR8-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	8
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

urging the state to ban single-use plastic goods and plastic bags and to set a sustainability example by eliminating the use of single-use plastic tableware at state department meetings and functions.

WHEREAS, the impact of the world's waste stream is unsustainable and detrimental to the future of Hawaii's environment and people; and

WHEREAS, plastic goods and other carbon-based products contribute to the environmental degradation of Hawai�i; and

WHEREAS, the State is obligated to act in the best interest of the residents' health and welfare; and

WHEREAS, the reduction of the amount of plastic waste directly improves the carbon-based waste stream of the State; and

WHEREAS, Maui County and Hawaii County have already started reducing the amount of plastic waste in the State by banning polystyrene containers; and

WHEREAS, the Honolulu City Council recently passed a bill banning most single-use plastic goods and bags; and

WHEREAS, the State is committed to significantly reduce its waste production and eliminate carbon-based single-use plastics by 2030; and

WHEREAS, the attendees of the 26th Annual Children and Youth Summit voted that the reduction of single-use plastic in the State is a priority concern that needs to be addressed; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawai�i, Regular Session of 2020, that the State is urged to ban the use of single-use plastic goods and plastic bags according to the same standards set forth in Bill 40, as passed by the Honolulu City Council in 2019; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State is urged to set a sustainability example by eliminating the use of single-use plastic tableware at all state department meetings and functions; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor; Comptroller; Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture; Attorney General; Director of Finance; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Adjutant General; Superintendent of Education; Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Director of Human Resources Development; Director of Human Services; Director of Labor and Industrial Relations; Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Director of Public Safety; Director of Taxation; and Director of Transportation.