Case Studies and Recycledcontent Materials and Resources in Hawaii

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Case Studies andRecycled-content Materials and
Resources in Hawaii

• Gail Suzuki-Jones
• Energy, Resources, and Technology Division,
• State of Hawaii - DBEDT - April 2003

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Sustainable Development

• Meets the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to
  meet their own needs.

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Goal To increase State and other Buy-Recycled
and CD Recycling Initiatives in Hawaii

• Develop Resources for State, Local, and Federal
  Purchasing Agencies
• -DAGS/DOH Survey of state agencies
  
• -DOH Synopses of EO 13101 and HRS
• -DBEDT Survey of
  businesses

• Conduct Buy-Recycled Technical Assistance
• - What product(s) have agencies been
  able/not able to procure?
• - Why have they been able/not able to procure
  product(s)?
• - Focus on DAGS and DOT

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Executive Order 13101

• Greening the government through waste
  prevention, recycling, and federal acquisition.
• Expands the federal governments commitment to
  recycling, waste prevention and to buying
  recycled content and environmentally preferable
  products and services.

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Hawaii Procurement Code

• The procurement program requires State and County
  purchasing agencies to
• - Purchase products with recycled content
• - Be consistent with Federal specifications
• - Purchase materials that can be
  recycled/reused
• - Purchase office paper and printed material
  with recycled content, except when statutory,
  regulatory or contractual requirements preclude
  it
• HRS 103D-1005 Recycled Products

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EO 13101- Acquisition Planning

• When developing plans or selecting materials
  consider the
• Elimination of virgin materials requirements
• Use of bio-based products
• Use of recovered materials
• Product reuse and lifecycle cost
• Recyclability
• Use of environmentally preferable products
• Waste prevention and Ultimate disposal

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Resource Recovery

• Recycles reuses CD waste
• Collects and processes material at their Sand
  Island recycling facility
• -Recycled reused 90,000 tons at Navys
  Moanalua Terrace
• -In a two year period, 100,000 tons of waste
  material was collected and 80 was processed
  recycled back
• into new projects

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Hawaiian Cement

• Uses Flyash in their concrete mix
• -675 tons was used for walls
• and foundations on their Sand Island
  Wastewater Treatment Facility project
• Benefits of Flyash
• -Keeps 50 million pounds of waste out of the
  landfill
• - Provides strength durability
• -Customers like the workability

Flyash concrete Sand Island
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Grace Pacific Corporation

• New asphalt concrete recycling facility
  located at the Makakilo Quarry
• 100,000 tons of road building waste projected to
  be recycled at the facility
• Demolished roadways buildings will be recycled
  into new construction materials at the facility
• Facility will produce soil, road base, and
  aggregate

Grace Pacific
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Castle Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc.

• Introduced Built Green in its 2002 Parade
  Entries
• Built Green Design process based on five
  categories
• Protecting site features
• Energy performance comfort
• Health indoor air quality
• Durability materials conservation
• Environmentally friendly home operations

The Heritage at Lehiwa Ridge
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Kaneohe Marine Corps Base

• Implemented guidelines from EO 13101 in
  renovating their Bachelors Enlisted Quarters

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Project Highlights

• Reviewed existing local waste management
  opportunities including options for reducing,
  reusing and recycling CD material
• Incorporated waste reduction goals, energy saving
  alternatives, and incorporated green practices
  in their specifications

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Project Results

• Recovered concrete is used as sub-grade material
  for driveway project at another housing site
• Wood waste is chipped for usage as cover for
  their landfill

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Buy-Recycled/Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
in Hawaii

• Resources
• - CPG List of Products available in Hawaii
• - Fact Sheet on Federal E.O., Hawaii
  Statutes resources
• - Case Study of Successful Buy-Recycled
  efforts
• - Proposed procedural, specs, bid
  requests, etc. guidance to address concerns

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Resourceshttp//www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/chc/brg
02.html

• State of Hawaii DBEDT Energy, Resources,
  Technology Publications Recycling
• Buy Recycled in Hawaii Products Directory
• The "Buy Recycled in Hawaii" directory lists
  recycled product manufacturers and distributors

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Coming Soonhttp//www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/epc03/

• State of Hawaii DBEDT Energy, Resources,
  Technology Division Events
• Creating High Performance Green Buildings
• Training on Leadership in Energy and
  Environmental Design (LEEDTM) Applications for
  Hawaii
• Friday, May 16, 2003
• 800-430
• Hawaiian Electric Company
• Training Room 2
• Contact HECO 543-4721 or DBEDT 587-3802