Join us to SUPPORT the Bill 140 to “Hold the Foam” (EPS Foam Food Service Project) on Hawai’i Island

Ask our representatives to “Hold the Foam” for our ‘āina, oceans, keiki, native wildlife, and health!!

Join us to support Bill 140 for Hawaiʻi County on Tues., May 3rd @ 3pm

Councilwoman Margaret D. Wille recently proposed a bill that would reduce the use of EPS Foam (e.g., Styrofoam) in food service and food ware products on island after Jan 1, 2018. EPS Foam is problematic to our native wildlife, waste management on island, and our human health.

Let County Council HEAR YOUR VOICE:

✓Email to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov or contact your Councilmembers directly

✓Share your testimony in person at the Kona Council Chambers, or via video conference in Hilo, Kaʻū, Waimea, and Pahoa

✓Go to and sign and SHARE this online petition so we can reach the goal of 5,000 supporters*!

✓Check out the youtube video on our website at wildhawaii.org**

✓Share this event info!

✓Contact meg.hwf@gmail.com for more info

* PETITION LINK: https://www.change.org/p/william-kenoi-hawaii-county-department-of-environmental-management-hawaii-county-council-ban-single-use-eps-styrofoam-containers-in-hawaii-county *

** YouTube video LINK: https://youtu.be/YGBpHYLNtRA **

Bill 140: AMENDS CHAPTER 20, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, 2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO REDUCTION OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM ” STYROFOAM” FOOD CONTAINERS AND FOOD SERVICE WARE

Prohibits the sale, disbursement, and use of polystyrene foam containers and food service ware by a food provider or vendor to customers effective January 1, 2018.

Reference: Comm. 664
Intr. by: Ms. Wille
First Hearing: February 16, 2016

SECOND HEARING: Tues, May 3rd @ 3pm

Public attendance via courtesy site is available at the following locations until 4: 30 p. m. or later in the event public testimony has not been completed:

County Council Room, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401; and Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64- 1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5.

Public attendance via courtesy site is also available at the following locations until public testimony has been completed:

Conference Room adjacent to Hisaoka Gymnasium, Kamehameha park Complex,

54- 382 Kamehameha Park Road, Kapa`au;

Na` alehu State Office Building, 95- 5669 Mamalahoa Highway, Na` alehu; and

Pahoa Neighborhood Facility, 15- 2710 Kauhale Street.

If, due to unanticipated circumstances, the courtesy site is unavailable and/ or participation is disrupted, the

scheduled meeting will continue.

Live stream of County Council Committee Meetings: Meetings are available for live viewing. Click on Council Meetings on the county' s homepage at http:// http://www.hawaiicounty.gov.

Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council-Clerk web page at http:// http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/lb- council-committee/. For further information, please call 961- 8245.

Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12: 00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting:
(1) by mail to the County Clerk' s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720;
(2) by facsimile to ( 808) 961- 8912; or
(3) by e- mail to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov.

Please submit separate testimony for each item!

Mahalo nui loa the from team at HWF, Surfrider Hilo / Kona Kai Ea, and many more!