Environmental protection and sustainability fund: purpose and allowed uses

The environmental protection and sustainability fund is established for the purpose of funding efforts by the environmental protection and sustainability division of the department of environmental management to optimize opportunities for environmental and natural resource protection, sustainability, conservation, and restoration, including: 1. Energy security or sustainability. 2. Landfill diversion, including uses or programs identified in or compatible with the County's integrated solid waste management plan, as amended, established pursuant to chapter 342G, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes. 3. Recycling programs. 4. Abandoned vehicles and metals programs. 5. The cost of personnel. 6. The cost of equipment. 7. Acquisition of real property to be used for the purposes identified in this section. 8. Planning, design, and construction of facilities related to the purposes identified in this section. 9. Grants or loans to nonprofit or for-profit organizations for the purposes identified in this section, made in accordance with the requirements of chapter 3.36 of this title. 10. Leveraging funds provided by federal, state, nonprofit or for-profit organizations, and other non-County entities to further the purposes identified in this section. 11. Other expenses related to the purposes identified in this section. ( Ord. No. 5095 , § 1, 2020; Ord. No. 4850 , § 2, 2018; Ord. No. 4820 § 2, 2018)