Hawaii approves $1.5 million towards zero waste conversion biofuel project

In Hawaii, the state’s budget bill for 2015-2017 is heading to the governor for signature which includes $1.5 million in capital funding for the state’s ongoing development of a facility in Keaau to plan, design and build a biofuel and animal feed plant as part of a zero waste conversion project. The project was allotted $3 million as part of 2015 supplemental budgetary legislation and has been under development since 2013. The facility will be located in the same community as Big Island Biodiesel.