TOUR DE TRASH 2002

TOUR DE
TRASH 2002
November 13, 2002
Beginning at Aloha Tower Marketplace
Pau Hana at Kapono’s
Presented by the
City & County of Honolulu
Jeremy Harris, Mayor
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Welcome to Honolulu’s fourth annual “Tour de
Trash,” a unique event coordinated by the City &
County of Honolulu that allows the public to see
first-hand how our island’s waste is processed and
recycled. The Tour showcases some of Hawaii’s
most successful recycling programs and progressive
technologies employed by both business and
government.
On your tour today, you will see examples of how
business and government are working together to
take care of garbage. You’ll learn more about our
successes thus far, and have an opportunity to consider new directions in
recycling and waste management that would further contribute to developing a
sustainable island community.
We must continually look ahead toward better ways of managing the 1.6 million
tons of garbage and 43 trillion gallons of sewage generated on Oahu each year.
The City is currently working on plans to expand H-POWER, establish a new
facility to reutilize sewage sludge, increase recycling efforts and explore
alternative technologies, with the ultimate goal of eliminating our reliance on
landfill over the next five years.
Increasing the public’s understanding about garbage through events such as Tour
de Trash fosters more creative thinking and cooperative effort within our
community. I hope you find Tour de Trash 2002 a valuable resource. Mahalo for
doing your part to keep Hawaii a paradise.
Jeremy Harris, Mayor
WEBSITE
V I S I T U S AT W W W. O PA L A . O R G
Opala.org (“opala” is the Hawaiian word for
garbage) is the website of the City & County of
Honolulu's Refuse Division, providing you with
information and guidelines for TAKING CARE
OF GARBAGE.
Explore the website and learn even more
about taking care of garbage.You’ll find just about
everything you wanted to know, including
collection and recycling services, detailed
guidelines for designing and implementing
recycling systems in businesses and condos, a
directory of made-in-Hawaii recycled products,
a directory of reuse organizations, waste
composition and recycling rates, educational
resources, video shorts, a photo gallery and
even a bit of music. You can also access all of
the back issues of WasteLine, our online
newsletter.
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TOURS
AT A GLANCE
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TOUR 1
t Tour de Trash 2002, participants choose from two tours
featuring recycling in the workplace, three tours with stops at
recycling facilities and waste processors, and one tour
showcasing recycled products made here on the island. All tours
depart from the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Check-in begins at 9:15 a.m. at
WORKPLACE RECYCLING I
Visit Pepsi’s state-of-the-art bottling facility in Halawa for a peek at how the beverage company recycles in its
plant and office, reducing their waste by more than 65%, and take a close look at Hawaii’s first glasphalt
pavement in their parking lot, still wearing well after 10 years. Hickam Air Force Base has its own materials
recovery facility, which processes all the recyclables collected from base operations and housing. Back-of-thehouse bins at the Hawaii Convention Center are set up to support the staff’s commitment to recycle paper,
plastic, glass, metals and food waste generated from their facility. Many of the companies bringing
conventions to Honolulu now demand that everything be recycled, and our convention center is ready and
willing to comply. The Hilton Hawaiian Village has integrated recycling into every building and captures more
than 1,000 tons of material annually. The Sheraton estimates that it has saved $100,000 per year in disposal
costs by implementing recycling in its five Oahu hotels, and Sheraton Waikiki is the first hotel to demonstrate
the benefits of sorting waste collected from their guest rooms – 50% is recyclable. Visit Island Recycling,
one of the island’s multi-material recycling facilities. Lunch at Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant after a behindthe-scenes tour of its recycling operations, or select from a number of fast food restaurants in the area.
TOUR 2
WORKPLACE RECYCLING II
See how elegant waste reduction can be at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental as the property provides
reusable items for its guests in place of disposables. Young Laundry & Dry Cleaning will share how it
worked through the challenges of recycling wire hangers and also became the first Oahu company to
use recycled cooking oil to power their operations, saving about $1,000 per week in fuel costs. On the
loading dock of the City’s Honolulu Municipal Building you’ll see how the City has set up office paper
recycling systems for its administrative buildings. Queen’s Medical Center has been recycling for years
and will share some of the challenges of handling special medical wastes. Then on to Hawaii Medical
Vitrification, where they will truly show you how the biohazardous waste from medical facilities can be
safely processed utilizing high-tech plasma arc technology. Visit Horizon Recycling for a tour of its
multi-material recycling facility. Walk through mountains of metal at Hawaii Metal Recycling — cars,
refrigerators, demolition materials and bigger are shredded and processed for shipment to market. The
Hard Rock Café will show you how garbage bins were replaced with a comprehensive recycling center
for food waste, glass and cardboard. The Hard Rock Café will show you how garbage bins were
replaced with a comprehensive recycling center for food waste, glass and cardboard. And, the Hard
Rock will provide a discount to lunch with them. You may also select from a number of small restaurants
located in the crossroads by the convention center.
TOUR 3
RECYCLED PRODUCTS
Intech will show how they manufacture hydromulch used for erosion control and seeding, cellulose insulation
that acts as a natural insecticide, and oil change boxes, all from recycled paper. Young Laundry & Dry
Cleaning is the first Oahu Company to use an alternative fuel produced by Island Commodities and made from
recycled cooking oil, saving $1000 per week in fuel costs. Visit Unitek Solvent Services and AES to see how
Oahu’s old car tires are shredded and burned for fuel to generate electricity or ground further into crumb rubber
for use in landscaping and playground surfacing. Hawaiian Earth Products grinds green waste in its huge tub
grinder and then places it in long windrows for processing into “Menehune Magic” mulch and compost products.
Visit Grace Pacific for the big view on batching glasphalt paving material and using recycled asphalt
pavement. Honolulu Recovery Systems is grinding glass to specification for use as aggregate in construction
applications, including glasphalt for Grace Pacific, pipe cushion and fill.
Lunch at the Honolulu Zoo; brown bag or dine at the Zoo concession stand and take a self-guided tour of the
recycling products used around the Zoo, including glasphalt walkways, recycled plastic fencing and benches,
and the famous "Honolulu Zoo Poo," a compost product manufactured and packaged at the Zoo made from
animal manure and green waste.
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the Aloha Tower’s Diamond Head parking lots (Piers 5 & 6) near the Navatek
pavilion.Tours depart 9:45 a.m. sharp and return to the Aloha Tower by 5 p.m.
With special event validation from Kapono’s, all-day parking is available for $6.
Be sure to get your recycled tote bag before you embark, and pick up your
Tour de Trash 2002 T-shirt following your tour at the Pau Hana.
TOUR 4
RECYCLING & WASTE PROCESSORS I
Drive through the Keehi Transfer Station on Middle Street, where Honolulu’s waste is unloaded and reloaded
into large transfer trailers for the haul out to H-POWER. Tour the H-POWER waste-to-energy plant, which
processes over 600,000 tons of Oahu’s waste annually, reducing volume by 90% and generating 7% of our
island’s electricity. H-POWER extracts virtually 100% of the metals from the mixed waste for recycling and is
testing a new paving material on their truck ramp that reutilizes the ash — “asphalt.” Take a close look at the
environmental protections employed by today’s modern landfill at the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill
operated by Waste Management, including complex liner and leachate catchment systems and methane
recovery. Hawaiian Earth Products is one of two composting companies on Oahu turning green waste into
product. EcoFeed takes food waste from restaurants, hotels, markets, hospitals and shopping center food courts
and processes it into animal feed. Tour Hawaii Medical Vitrification for a look at plasma arc technology applied
to processing biohazardous waste. Honolulu Recovery Systems will take you through its compacting, baling,
sorting and grinding operations as paper, plastic, metals and glass are processed for shipment to market. Select
from numerous restaurants in the Kapolei Shopping Center for lunch, or brown bag it in Kapolei Park.
TOUR 5
RECYCLING & WASTE PROCESSORS II
Drive through the Ewa Refuse Convenience Center, one of six such facilities on the island where residents
can drop off big items or large quantities for disposal and recycling, including trash appliances, tires, car
batteries, propane tanks, old furniture, and green waste. Everything is separated and sorted at the site for
hauling to recycling/disposal destinations. Tour the H-POWER waste-to-energy plant (further description in
Tour 5). If you've wondered what happens to all the stuff you wash down the drain or flush down the toilet,
you’ll find the answers at the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant, where 25 million gallons per day of
sewage are treated through screens, clarifiers and filters which clean and separate liquids from solids. The
tour then moves over to the Honouliuli Water Reclamation Facility, where US Filter further processes the
waste “water” portion into clean water, which is used for irrigation and industrial applications. Then on to the
Navy’s Biosolids Composting Facility, where the sewage sludge from Honouliuli is being composted with
ground green waste to create a nutrient-rich compost product. Hawaiian Earth Products will showcase its
grinder, windrow processing and “Menehune Magic” line of mulch and compost products. Island Recycling
will show you its multi-material processing facility on Sand Island, and at Pacific Biodiesel you'll see how
they convert cooking oil and grease from island restaurants to a biodiesel fuel that can be used to power all
types of diesel engine vehicles and equipment. Users report that their equipment runs well ... and gives off a
pleasant smell similar to that of french fries. Select from numerous restaurants in the Kapolei Shopping
Center for lunch, or brown bag it in Kapolei Park.
TOUR 6
RECYCLING & WASTE PROCESSORS III
At Island Demo’s facility, recyclable materials are sorted from the mixed construction and demolition waste,
reducing the waste headed to landfill by 40%. Island Demo also “deconstructs” as much of a building as
possible onsite to recover recyclable and reusable components before demolition. Intech will show how
they manufacture hydromulch used for erosion control and seeding, cellulose insulation that acts as a
natural insecticide, and oil change boxes, all from recycled paper. Visit the Baseyard Hawaii Reuse
Facility, where still-usable materials from construction and demo sites are warehoused and then channeled
out to projects for reuse. Grace Pacific incorporates recycled asphalt and crushed glass into their
pavement material mixes. On this tour, Hawaiian Earth Products will show you its compost process
utilizing recycled wallboard and wood waste. Used tires are shredded and crumbed at Unitek for use as
landscaping and playground surfacing material and as fuel to generate power in AES. Honolulu Recovery
Systems is one of two island processors grinding glass to specification for use as aggregate in construction
applications, including glasphalt, pipe cushion and fill. Select from numerous restaurants in the Kapolei
Shopping Center for lunch, or brown bag it in Kapolei Park.
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JOIN US
AT THE PAU HANA
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fter the tour, relax at Kapono’s at Aloha Tower Marketplace for an informal Pau Hana. Enjoy
pupus, drinks and live music by Henry Kapono from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Kapono’s will offer a 25%
discount on all food items and a 50% discount on select items. Tour de Trash participants and
friends will enjoy a complimentary drink to get you started. Be sure to get your parking validated before
you leave Kapono’s and pick up your free Tour de Trash 2002 T-shirt.
Kapono’s features many examples of recycled
products: works of recycled art, its main performance
stage, and furniture you may use today. Below are
samples, some of which are on loan from the City &
County of Honolulu. Some are practical; others are
simply beautiful; and all are models of how recycling
can keep Hawaii a paradise.
It’s important to recycle, but it’s even more
important to BUY RECYCLED. Purchasing products
made with recycled materials completes the circle
and supports the growth of the recycling industry.
When you use products that have been “Re-Made in
Hawaii” from glass, plastic, paper, yard waste and
tires collected right here in our islands, you directly
support our local efforts to recycle more and reduce
Hawaii’s waste.
“Global Peace,” a 3-foot blue globe constructed from used cardboard
By Mark Alan Chai
Mark combines training as a sculptor with an affinity for junk, yielding progressive three-dimensional pieces. The
cardboard and packaging material used in this piece come from industries that otherwise would have tossed it in the
trash.
Palm Trees constructed from discarded copper wires and tubing
By Dale Marie Cronn
Dale uses copper materials rescued from salvage yards and construction sites, smooth bits of glass and beach shells.
Her work reflects the delicate balances between the people of Hawaii and our paradise environment.
Aloha Shirts constructed from old corrugated sheet metal
By Bernard Moriaz
Bernie has an amazing ability to create whimsical works of art from materials most people would see as just junk discarded corrugated sheet metal, or parts of an old scale, or metal gears.
Windsurfing Chairs constructed from worn-out windsurfing gear
By Desmond Walsh and Stephen Whitesell
Stephen's industrial arts degree and love of function, combined with Des’ creativity and tendency to collect old
windsurfing gear, produced Kapono's fully usable and totally recycled windsurfing chairs.
Recycled Plastic Benches from Aloha Plastic Recycling, Inc.
Aloha Plastic Recycling's 100 percent recycled plastic benches are perfect for parks, schools, golf courses, hotels, bus
stops . . . and Kapono’s. They are easily repaired, should they become damaged. They won't rot, splinter, warp or
become termite fodder.
“Trex” Recycled Material Performance Stage from Honsador Lumber
Honsador Lumber provided a “trex” composite made up of 50 percent wood fiber (such as recycled furniture) and 50
percent plastic (such as plastic bottles and grocery sacks). Honsador Lumber also provided the platform and a portion
of the structure material for Honolulu's new Waikiki Bandstand. (Trex recycled plastic dimensional lumber and
products are manufactured on the mainland and distributed locally by Honsador.)
Ocean Blue Recycled Paper Floor
By Fred Gordon
Fred Gordon’s unique Ocean Blue Recycled Paper Floor was specially created for Henry Kapono. It was made from
used paper and constructed with the help of Kapono's staff.
KAPONO’S
One Complimentary Drink
Tour de Trash Participants
SPECIAL
OFFERS
Present this coupon to enjoy offer. Coupon
valid on November 13, 2002, only. One
coupon per person. Must be age 21 or older
to receive alcoholic drink. Additional
conditions may apply.
FOR TOUR
PAR TICIPANTS
While tour participation is
free, it does not include your
lunch or the Pau Hana. The
bus will stop in a lunch-
KAPONO’S
25% Off All Food Items;
50% Off Select Items
Tour de Trash Participants
Present this coupon to enjoy offer. Ask
Kapono’s staff for valid food and drink items.
Coupon valid on November 13, 2002, only.
One coupon per person. Additional
conditions may apply.
friendly area. Partner
restaurants that may be in
HARD ROCK CAFÉ
the area are offering
10% Off
Selected Food Items
Tour de Trash Participants
discounts to tour participants.
For the Pau Hana following
the tours, Kapono’s is
Present this coupon to enjoy offer.
Ask Hard Rock Café staff for valid food items.
Coupon valid on November 13, 2002, only.
One coupon per person. Additional
conditions may apply.
offering Tour de Trash
participants a complimentary
drink, 25% discount off all
food items, and 50% off
select food items.
GYOTAKU JAPANESE
RESTAURANT
10% Off
Selected Food Items
Tour de Trash Participants
Present this coupon to enjoy offer. Ask Gyotaku staff
for valid food items. Coupon valid on November 13,
2002, only. One coupon per person. Additional
conditions may apply.
TOUR
THE ZOO
The Honolulu Zoo
provides a great place to
see recycled products in
use, as well as visit the
animals. We invite you to
take a self-guided tour of
the Zoo, which has been
making good use of
products made from your
recycled milk jugs, glass
containers and yard
trimmings collected around
the island. Use the map at
right to locate what’s
recycling at the Zoo.
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n the FujiFilm Hawaiian Stroll Garden (1)
and the Elephant Encounter Area (2)
you’ll find recycled plastic benches that
were re-manufactured from milk jugs. Glass
containers collected from community recycling
programs have been crushed, mixed with asphalt
to create glasphalt and used to pave the
walkways.Those cute elephant sculptures are
made from crushed recycled glass, too.
At the Zoo’s Compost Processing Area (3)
manure from zoo animals (herbivores only) is
composted with yard waste to create a product
called “Honolulu Zoo Poo.” Mari and Vaigai, our
elephants, are the biggest contributors to this
recycling effort. The Zoo is now offering this
valuable garden product for sale in their
Zootique while supplies last. Self-guided tours
to the Compost Processing Area are not
possible. The compost site is integrated with
the bear’s habitat. Tours are pre-arranged
upon request.
Visit the recently expanded Volunteer
Garden (4) to see how Zoo Poo is used to
grow plants and flowers and a demonstration
of backyard composting techniques. Walkways
are made of glasphalt and bordered by
recycled plastic lumber.
In the Children’s Zoo (5) recycled plastic
lumber has replaced wood planks in the
fencing. Not only is it more durable than
wood, but it eliminates the problem of
splinters for our keiki.
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CONTACT
THE EXPERTS IN RECYCLING AND
T
he list of experts in Hawaii continues to
grow as more and more companies realize
the benefits of recycling and intelligent waste
management practices on their bottom line and
on preserving our environment.
These experts are willing to help you set up
or improve your organization’s recycling program or
learn more about our island’s waste management
practices. On these pages you will find contacts for
all of the tour sites featured in Tour de Trash. Plus,
additional contacts from the Partnership for the
Environment’s peer consultants and advisory board
have been included.
If you would like to follow up on a particular
tour site, arrange to visit a recycling/waste
management program you missed, or contact an
expert for information or advice, simply call them.
If you would like an introduction, call the City’s
Recycling Office at 692-5410.
TOUR GUIDES
TOUR ONE
Steve Kelsey, City Recycling Office
692-5419
James Baginski, City Wastewater Division
692-5590
TOUR TWO
Irobela Wreagh, City Recycling Office
692-5407
Chris Hirota, City Recycling Office
692-5421
TOUR THREE
Elie Sauma, City Recycling Office
692-5422
Lane Otsu, State Department of Health
586-4240
Formed in 1992, the Partnership for
the Environment is a coalition of
businesses coordinated by the City
& County of Honolulu to help
increase recycling in our islands.
Members of the Partnership have established
model recycling programs in their businesses and
are willing to share their expertise to assist other
businesses in starting and maintaining successful
recycling programs of their own.
The City & County of Honolulu with
the support of island businesses,
including members of the
Partnership for the Environment and
members of the recycling and waste
industry, presents Tour de Trash. In addition, the
State Department of Health and the Department of
Business, Economic Development & Tourism lend
their assistance as tour guides.
TOUR FOUR
Suzanne Varady, City Recycling Office
692-5408
Jimmy Louis, City Refuse Division
692-5832
TOUR FIVE
Ken Kawahara, City Wastewater Division
692-5377
Lesley Toyota, City Wastewater Division
692-5209
TOUR SIX
Gail Suzuki-Jones, State Department of Business,
Economic Development & Tourism
587-3802
John Valera, State Department of Health
586-4240
WASTE MANAGEMENT
TOUR SITES
AES
John Shin, 682-3403
Hawaiian Earth Products*
Lorra Naholowaa, 682-5895
Island Recycling
Jim Nutter, 845-1188
Base Yard Hawaii Reuse Facility
Page Barber, 842-0770
Hickam Air Force Base*
Jerome Stribling, 449-5754
Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii*
Gale Nishida, 739-8626
Eco Feed
Sandy Yagi, 841-5586
Hilton Hawaiian Village
George Hayward, 947-7816
Keehi Transfer Station
Wayne Hamada, 692-5403
Ewa Refuse Convenience Center
Wayne Hamada, 692-5403
Honolulu Municipal Building
Elie Sauma, 692-5422
Navy Biosolids Composting Facility
Stan Kono, 474-2323
Grace Pacific
Clyde Omija, 848-3110
Honolulu Recovery Systems
Suzy Say, 842-3602
Pacific Biodiesel
Bob King, 841-2177
Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant*†
Tom Jones, 593-9155
Honolulu Zoo
Tom Higashino, 971-7184
Pepsi Cola Company*
Albert Koorenhof, 484-1728
Hard Rock Cafe (Big Island) *†
Bob Clarke, 329-8866
Honouliuli Water Reclamation Facility
Cal Sueoka, 223-6018
Queen’s Medical Center
Meg Carroll, 547-4780
Hard Rock Cafe*
Mike Griffith, 955-7383
Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant
Nic Musico, 681-3347 ext 103
Sheraton Hotel
Bill Kirk, 922-4422
Hawaii Convention Center
Brian Allen, 943-3578
H-POWER †
Rodney Smith, 682-0205
Unitek
Blane Yamagata, 682-8284
Hawaii Medical Vitrification
Sam Liu, 487-4751
Intech, Inc.*
Bernie Boltz, 848-7776
Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill
Steve Cassulo, 668-2985 x 23
Hawaii Metal Recycling †
Jim Banagan, 682-5810
Island Demo* †
Mike Leary, 839-5522
Young Laundry & Dry Cleaning* †
Michael Drace, 836-1661
PAR TNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
P E E R C O N S U LT A N T S A N D A D V I S O R Y B O A R D
ML Services*
Michael Lafferty, 271-9199
Foodland Super Market*
Jeffrie Jones/Sheryl Toda, 732-0791
97.5 KPOI and 93.1 KQMQ*
Jon Kawamura, 591-9369
Applied Graphics, Inc.*
Clayton Ichigawa, 523-5055 X303
Goodwill Industries of Honolulu*
Laura Robertson, 836-0313
Outrigger Enterprises* †
Barbara Campbell, 921-6679
Chaney, Brooks & Company* †
Pam Bearce, 537-6132
Hawaii Convention Center*
Michael Polovcin, 944-8833
Pacific Waste Consulting Group* †
Mark White, (916) 387-9777
City Mill* †
Kirk Knapp, 533-3811
HMSA Center*
Yolando Lamadrid, 948-6523
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide*
Gene Burk, (914) 640-8364
Davies Pacific Center*
Kirk Horiuchi, 545-1121
Hilton Hawaiian Village*
James (Kimo) Oliver, 947-7912
Tripler Army Medical Center*
Claire Yee, 433-9936
The Estate of James Campbell*
Gordon Bruce, 674-6674
Horizon Waste & Recyclery
Gordon Tavares, 842-3181
US GSA/Federal Building*
Gerald “Joe” Melanson, 541-1950
The Estate of James Campbell* †
Henry Eng, 674-3119
Ihilani Resort & Spa*
Henry Lacar, 679-0079
Westin Maui* †
Lance Gilliland, 565-2475
Financial Plaza of the Pacific*
Peter Hayase, 538-4656
Intrade*
Michael Owens, 847-5300
*Peer Consultant and/or †Advisory Board Member of the Partnership for the Environment
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S P E C I A L
M A H A L O
Henry Kapono
for his continued commitment to
promoting recycling in our islands.
Kapono’s at Aloha Tower Marketplace has become
a showcase of recycled art, recycled products
and recycling collection containers.
Printed on recycled paper
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