Consultant team outlines data collection, technical memorandums and schedule for the Hawaii EPR needs assessment

HDR and its subcontractor team described a multi-stage data-collection plan that includes desktop research, a statewide survey for local governments/facilities/haulers launching next month, follow-up interviews, and site assessments to gauge facility conditions and unused processing capacity. The team said it will compile technical memorandums on topics such as collection and infrastructure, education and equity, reuse/refill, end markets and economic modeling.

The team said technical memorandums will serve as appendices to the final needs assessment and estimated a typical technical memorandum could be roughly 50 pages. Project milestones were discussed: deliverable timing has shifted in early stages but the goal remains to have a draft needs assessment by mid-2027 and the final report ready for submission at the end of 2027.