Solid Waste Facilities to Resume Normal Operations

After two days of closure due to Hurricane Lane, solid waste facilities will resume normal operations starting on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. This includes all transfer stations, landfills, green waste collection sites, recycling centers and reuse centers.

AS A CONVENIENT REMINDER, THE FOLLOWING SOLID WASTE SITES ARE OPEN AS USUAL:

• Saturday, Aug. 25:  Haw‘i, Hilo, Honomu, Kailua, Kalapana, Kea‘au, Keauhou, Miloli‘i, Ocean View, Pa‘auilo, Pāhoa, Pu‘uanahulu, Volcano, Waiea, Waimea and Waiohinu.
• Sunday, Aug 26:  Glenwood, Haw‘i, Hilo, Kailua, Kea‘au, Keauhou, Ke‘ei, Laupahoehoe, Miloli‘i, Pāhoa, Pāpa‘ikou, Puakō, Waimea,and Waiohinu.
• MONDAY, Aug. 27:  Haw‘i, Hilo, Honomū, Kailua, Kalapana, Kea‘au, Keauhou, Ke‘ei, Miloli‘i, Pa‘auilo, Pāhoa, Pu‘uanahulu, Volcano, Waiea, Waimea and Waiohinu.

In addition, scrap metal collection bins are provided for household self-haul items only. NO commercial or agency use is allowed at Honoka‘a, Kea‘au, Laupahoehoe, Pāhala, Pāhoa, Haw‘i, Ke‘ei, Puakō, Waiohinu or Waimea transfer stations.

Green Waste collection is also available to household self-haulers. NO commercial use is allowed at the Kealakehe, Kea‘au, Ke‘ei, Pāhoa, Volcano or Waimea transfer stations.

Green Waste is accepted at the East Hawai‘i Organics Facility located at the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill and the West Hawai‘i Organics Facility located at the West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill.