February 5, 2009
State settles with Kauai HI-5 collector
The Hawaii Department of Health’s Office of Solid Waste Management has settled with a Kauai company for violating the state’s HI-5 beverage container deposit program.
Garden Isle Disposal was fined $41,110 for using an unapproved segregated weight value per pound to calculate redemption values for plastic deposit beverage containers from Aug. 1, 2005, through March 23, 2006, the department said.
The company used the unapproved rate to calculate deposit reimbursements and handling fee claims submitted to the department in monthly reports.
Under the settlement agreement, Garden Isle Disposal has paid a cash penalty of $15,216.
The company also paid $15,000 to Garden Isle Resource, Conservation & Development for the Zero Waste Kauai project. The money will be used to expand Zero Waste Kauai’s education efforts.
Garden Isle Disposal has not denied responsibility for the violations, the department said.
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