The Hawaii Island Economic Development Board and the Arc of Hilo join forces to assist with HIEDB’s latest EPA funded project, a reuse store of Construction and Demolition (C&D) materials. Currently most materials from building of a home, remodeling, or demolition goes to the landfill. This new reuse store will be located in the old Miko Meats location on Kekuanaoa Street in Hilo.

Selected contractors on Hawaii Island have been invited to participate as a Task Force to assist us with designing the flow of product from their job sites to the reuse store.

For more information or to get involved, contact Skylark Rossetti @ (808) 935-2180.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW SPRAYERS ARRIVE FOR COMMUNITY SPRAYER LOAN PROGRAM

October 5, 2007

Contact Form: Skylark Rossetti

Hawaii Island Economic Development Board

sky at hiedb.org (808) 935-2180

HILO, Hawaii- The Hawaii Island Economic Development Board has taken delivery of four new 200-gallon trailer tank sprayers to be used in the fight against Coqui frogs. The four sprayers will be added to the existing twenty-eight sprayers in the Community Sprayer Loan Program owned by the County of Hawaii, USDA and the State Department of Agriculture. The sprayers are staged island-wide and are loaned free of charge to community members to fight Coqui frogs. The trailer tank sprayers are well suited for the spraying of citric acid for frog control.To make a reservation for a sprayer, call the USDA-Wildlife Services at 933-6955. Ask about free citric acid when making your reservation. The Hawaii Island Economic Development Board Coqui Project is funded by a grant from the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR).

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