Social Entrepreneur Presentation

1. Managing Waste: Solutions
to Decrease Waste in
Hawaii
By: Kim Russell Comenta

2. Oahu generates more than 2.2 million tons of
waste annually from residential, commercial and
industrial sources.

3. I Found out that H-
Power (Honolulu
Program of Waste
Energy Recovery)
Processes the
garbage and burns it
in furnaces to
produce steam that
drives a turbine
generator

4. H-Power began
operation in 1990
and today converts
approximately
2,000 tons of waste
per day – Enough to
power 60,000
homes

5. H-Power
produces up to
10% of Oahu’s
electricity and
reduces the
volume of
refuse going to
landfill by 90%

6. H-Power reduces
our dependence on
imported oil. One
ton of trash
produces saleable
energy equivalent
to 60 gallons of oil.

7. I’m just a student and I don’t
have the resources to build
facilities like H-Power.

8. But I have
an Idea!!

11. This would help H-Power
and other institutions to
be more efficient in
recycling our waste

12. Will reinforce this waste
management rule to all
communities – Will refuse
to take their trash if it is not
segregated.

13. Will coordinate with the Government to strengthen this project

14. Resource Topic
• http://www.opala.org/solid_waste/archive/How_our_City_manages_our_waste.html
• https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/clean-energy-hawaii/clean-energy-facts/renewable-energy-sources/biomass/h-power
Image Resource
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/analysis-blackboard-board-bubble-355952/
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/scrap-metal-trash-litter-scrapyard-128421/
• https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/Images/clean_energy_hawaii/renewable_energy_s
ources/hpower.jpg
• http://the-atlas.com/UserContent/ProjectImages/277d1ced-e98e-443b-909a-
5026fb2f2dcd.jpeg
• https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-
Dd8VnuqyaTY/ToKfdPkYwjI/AAAAAAAABUE/latwhcNxeg8/s800/IMG_1843.JPG
• https://static.pexels.com/photos/583393/pexels-photo-583393.jpeg
• https://static.pexels.com/photos/315788/pexels-photo-315788.jpeg
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/bulb-close-up-electricity-energy-577514/
• http://www.quickbase.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/How-to-Teach-
Your-Team-to-Bring-Solutions-Not-Problems.jpg
• https://prasadmodakblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/trishul_self-service-bin.jpg
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/hands-people-friends-communication-45842/
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/police-army-commando-special-task-force-20258/
• https://polyad.com/images/Tour-KingKam.jpg
• https://img.s-
hawaiianairlines.com/~/media/images/hawaiistories/culture/dashaka/shaka02.jpg?ver
sion=7a2a&sc_lang=en

15. MAHALO!!