Recycled Ash Road Paving

At a glance

• What: Resolution 26-189 urges the city administration to adopt sustainable road construction and repair practices using recycled ash and enhanced metal recovery. It came from Honolulu Youth Commission Resolution 26-09.
• Outcome: adopted September 9, 2026, 9-0 (Weyer moved committee report 223(26), Dos Santos-Tam seconded). Two Youth Commission members testified in support; Tulba commended them.
• Related points: Waters suggested also recycling glass into sand for city facilities. Dos Santos-Tam noted that Revised Ordinances of Honolulu Section 14-19 requires recycled glass in asphalt, a practice dropped in 2011 as not a best practice, and that the city's asphalt standards date to 1986, so they should be revisited.

Sources

• City Council journal (draft minutes, not yet adopted), regular meeting of September 9, 2026: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=29318

Log

2026-09-09 - Regular Council

Adopted 9-0.