20 Years of Fraud–With Tokuda out of Legislature, DoH finally begins to check up on Recycling Companies
Financial and Program Audit of the Department of Health’s Deposit Beverage Container Program, June 30, 2022
Background
In 2002, the Legislature established the (HI5 Deposit Beverage Container) Program through House Bill No. 1256, House Draft 2, Senate Draft 2, Committee Draft 1, which became Act 176, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2002. The act, codified in Chapter 342G, Part VIII, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS), also created the Special Fund to hold the deposits and handling fees collected by distributors. …
