Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - August 4, 2010

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

WE'RE RECYCLING A LOT - BUT NOT AS MUCH AS LAST YEAR. TODAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RELEASED THE FIGURES FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. SEVENTY-SIX PERCENT OF ALL REDEEMABLE BOTTLES AND CANS SOLD IN HAWAII LAST YEAR WERE RECYCLED. THAT'S DOWN FROM THE ALL TIME HIGH OF 79 PERCENT THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WHEN THE HI-FIVE REDEMPTION PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2005, WE WERE RECYCLING ONLY 68 PERCENT. THE GOOD NEWS IN THE NEW REPORT IS THAT THE ONE CENT PER CONTAINER FEE WILL REMAIN. THEY COULD HAVE RAISED FEE TO ONE AND A HALF CENTS.

THREE HUNDRED WASPS WERE SET LOOSE IN HAIKU YESTERDAY TO SEEK OUT THEIR FAVORITE PREY: THE STINGING NETTLE CATERPILLAR. THE CATERPILLARS - WHO ARE DESTRUCTIVE TO PLANTS AND VERY PAINFUL TO HUMANS - WERE FIRST DISCOVERED ON MAUI TWO YEARS AGO. WHILE MOST PREVALENT IN HAIKU, THEY'VE ALSO SPREAD TO KIHEI AND UPCOUNTRY.

ISLAND WEATHER TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS - LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S .

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

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