Updates and establishes additional statewide goals for solid waste stream and organic waste stream diversion. Requires the recycling, bioconversion, and organic waste diversion component to identify and assess methods to, the official text

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2101

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ORGANIC WASTE.

BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION
1.  The legislature finds that although
the State did not reach mandates established in 1991 under section 342G-3,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, to reduce the solid waste stream by fifty per cent by
2000, the aloha+ challenge established a goal to reduce the solid waste stream
prior to disposal by seventy per cent by 2030 through source reduction,
recycling, bioconversion, and landfill diversion methods for organic waste.

The legislature further finds that county
integrated solid waste management plans must be submitted to the department of
health every ten years pursuant to section 342G-24, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to meet United Nations
Sustainable Development and aloha+ challenge goals related to waste reduction
by embedding similar goals into the integrated solid waste management plan
components for the counties to assess and identify benchmarks to reduce solid waste production and increase organic waste
diversion, while accounting for existing county integrated solid waste
management plan timelines.

SECTION 2.  Section 342G-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

"(a)
It is the goal of the State to reduce the solid waste stream [prior
to] before disposal by:

(1)  [Twenty-five]
Forty per cent by January 1, [1995;] 2038; and

(2)  [Fifty]
Seventy per cent by January 1, [2000;] 2043,

through
source reduction, recycling, organic waste landfill diversion, and
bioconversion.  Where feasible, the
office shall establish other state goals for specific commodities, recognizing
market considerations.

(b)
It is the goal of the State to reduce [by not less than twenty-five
per cent the amount of office paper generated by all state and county agencies
by January 1, 1995, through source reduction.
The base year for calculating progress toward this goal shall be total
office paper consumption by state and county agencies in 1990.] organic
waste stream disposal via incineration, waste-to-energy, or landfill by:

(1)  Forty
per cent by January 1, 2038;

(2)  Seventy
per cent by January 1, 2043; and

(3)  One
hundred per cent by January 1, 2048."

SECTION 3.  Section 342G-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c)
The recycling [and], bioconversion, and organic waste
diversion component shall identify and assess:

(1)  The
level of waste reduction the county is achieving through existing recycling and
bioconversion efforts;

(2)  The
type and amount of solid waste that it is technically and economically feasible
to recycle or alter through bioconversion; [and]

(3)  Methods
to increase and improve [the] recycling and bioconversion efforts,
including opportunities for backyard composting[.]; and

(4)  Methods
to achieve organic waste stream reduction goals pursuant to section 342G-3(b);
provided that the methods shall account for reducing potential risk of
transporting invasive species in organic waste.

For the purposes of this paragraph,
"organic waste" means any material that is compostable, does not
contain contaminants detrimental to human health and the environment, and is
derived from either a plant or an animal, and includes green waste, food waste,
food‑soiled paper that is acceptable for food storage, and untreated and
unpainted wood waste.

For recycling, the counties shall assess
the type and amount of solid waste that it is technically feasible to recycle,
giving consideration at a minimum to clear glass, colored glass, aluminum,
steel and bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, mixed paper,
corrugated paper, HDPE, PET, and green waste.

For bioconversion, the counties shall
assess the type and amount of solid waste that it is technically feasible to
alter through bioconversion, giving consideration at a minimum to green waste,
wood waste, animal manure, sewage sludge, and food wastes."

SECTION 4.
Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5.
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.