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Posted: Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 12:32 PM HST

Musician Jack Johnson plugs for Oahu recycling amendment

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) _ Grammy-nominated musician Jack Johnson has recorded a 30-second song to urge listeners to vote yes on a Honolulu charter amendment to create curbside recycling on Oahu. The spots will be aired during drive times on Honolulu radio station K-S-S-K. Johnson says convenient curbside recycling will make it easy for residents to do the right thing. The North Shore resident has long been an advocate of recycling. He and his wife, Kim, found the Kokua Hawaii Foundation to support environmental education. And Johnson frequently visits local schools to promote recycling. According to the Sierra Club Hawaii, 83 (m) million pounds of recyclable material have gone into Oahu's Waimanalo Gulch landfill since the island's curbside recycling plan was scrapped a year ago. (Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved)