How would the Sort Station Complex benefit commercial waste haulers?
Commercial waste haulers will benefit from a cost reduction when they don t have to pay landfill tipping fees. When they deliver recyclable materials to the resource recovery vendors on the Sort Station Complex property, they have not only saved money, they have helped extend the life of our landfills. On the primary tipping floor, non-segregated waste will be collected from commercial, County and residential sources. Marketable materials will be removed from the waste stream. Where does hauling of trash to Pu`uanahulu come in? In the short term, the residual waste that is not recycled or diverted at the Sort Station Complex will be placed into large transfer trailers and hauled to the West Hawai`i Sanitary Landfill at Pu uanahulu. Hauling of trash to Pu`uanahulu the facts The County completed a Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated February 2004 which evaluates the social, economic and environmental effects of 10-12 garbage trucks (tractor with trailer), hauling up to 20 tons of
