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VIDEO: Kenoi’s Waste to Energy plan, part 2
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by Big Island Video News
on Apr 1, 2014 at 12:41 am

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STORY SUMMARY

HILO, Hawaii – Today we continue our series on Hawaii County’s waste-to-energy endeavor. Last week we featured an introductory look at Mayor Billy Kenoi’s thorough presentation to the Hawaii County Council Committee on Environmental Management. Today, we take a closer look at the mayor’s reasoning why the current approach to the island’s solid waste problem […]

HILO, Hawaii – Today we continue our series on Hawaii County’s waste-to-energy endeavor.

Last week we featured an introductory look at Mayor Billy Kenoi’s thorough presentation to the Hawaii County Council Committee on Environmental Management. Today, we take a closer look at the mayor’s reasoning why the current approach to the island’s solid waste problem will succeed compared to a similar approach that failed five years ago. The council voted down the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy proposal in 2008.

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Councilwoman Brenda Ford – who was on the council when the last waste-to-energy project was voted down – had a few questions for the mayor about the latest plan.

Ford also recalled concerns from the labor workforce in the last go-around.


Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Billy Kenoi, Brenda Ford, trash, waste to energy, Wheelabrator

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