Hawaii HB404 encourages composting by updating rules and allowing composting in agricultural districts.
Hawaii HB404 aims to promote composting to reduce landfill waste and mitigate climate change. The bill requires the Department of Health to update rules for composting facilities, focusing on health, pollution prevention, and climate benefits. It allows composting and co-composting in agricultural districts, including on class A or B soils. The bill also appropriates funds for a program specialist to update solid waste rules. This legislation seeks to increase local compost production, benefiting soil health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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