HI SCR56

Requests all landfills on Oahu to stop accepting municipal solid waste effective July 1, 2012, with exceptions only for special waste and disaster-related waste.

Requests landfills on Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to stop accepting municipal solid waste on dates to be determined by respective county council resolutions, with the same exceptions for special waste and disaster debris.

Cites Hawaii's solid waste production at nearly twice the national average per person per day and notes that state goals for waste reduction through source reduction, recycling, and bioconversion have not been met.

References a January 12, 2011 rainfall event that dislodged medical waste from Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill, which washed downstream and ashore along west Oahu coastline.

Directs certified copies to be sent to the Governor, Director of Health, Land Use Commission Chairperson, and county mayors and council chairs.