Help us stop PVT landfill relocation on the West Side

Source: PVT ISWMF RELOCATION EISPN

Please help protect the health and wellness of our members, friends, and family that live, work, and play in Nānākuli and Mā‘ili.

The PVT Land Company, Ltd. has been operating a landfill in Nānākuli since 1985 and now wishes to “relocate” across the street from current operations for another 30-40 years. (See draft EIS statement here.)

Enough-is-enough – no more landfills in our communities, no more landfills in Nānākuli and Māʻili!

1. Send testimony to city and state officials:

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   I am a member of AiKea, a growing movement of individuals & organizations who care about the future of Hawai’i and are committed to building a larger social & political movement. We believe One Job Should be Enough – to have a roof over our heads, to keep up with the cost of living, to raise our families, to retire with dignity, and to live in an island community which protects our health and welfare. I oppose the relocation of the PVT Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility construction and demolition landfill within such close proximity of our members, their kupuna, and their keiki. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the life expectancies for those that live within a two-mile radius from the current PVT landfill are the second- and third-lowest in the State of Hawaiʻi. These neighborhoods include Nānākuli Homestead, Auyoung Homestead Road and Mōhihi Street, and Puʻu Heleakala. These neighborhoods have a life expectancy that is a full decade less than the State average (82 years). The current PVT landfill has been operating in Nānākuli and Māʻili at its current location since 1985. A thin 750 feet “buffer zone” separates the hazardous waste materials dumped there from the keiki and kupuna, places of worship, farms, and Ulehawa stream. There are numerous testimonials since the 1980's sharing stories of sickness and death in relation to landfills in general and the PVT landfill in specific. Also, there are numerous scientific studies that clarify the negative effects of landfills on human health, including the negative effects of construction and demolition landfills in specific. The Hawaii State Constitution affirms that everyone in Hawaiʻi should have a “clean and healthful environment” (Article XI, Sec. 9). Let us seek pono by taking steps toward environmental and health justice for our communities. cc: Mayor Kirk Caldwell, Councilmember Kymberly Pine, Councilmember Ron Menor, Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, Rep. Stacelyn Eli, Hawaii State Department of Health, Land Use Commission, Nānākuli-Māʻili Neighborhood Board
2. Come to the Nānākuli-Māʻili Neighborhood Board this Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm at Nānākuli High Cafeteria
3. Sign the Online Petition