Bill Text: HI SR18 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-24 - Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1), with Senator Nishihara voting "Aye, with reservations"; and Senator Fevella voting "No". [SR18 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SR18-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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SENATE 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 Hawaii; 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 Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, that the State is urged to ban the use of single-use plastic goods and plastic bags consistent with the similar ordinance passed by the Honolulu City Council; 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.
Keiki Caucus; Single-Use Plastic; State Departments; Ban
