Toss your tires: Free collection event coming to Kea’au Middle School on Big Island

A free tire collection event will be held between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the Kea’au Middle School parking lot at 16-565 Kea’au-Pāhoa Road on the Big Island.

The free residential tire collection event is offered by the County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management in collaboration with the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, council members Matt Kaneali‘i-Kleinfelder and Sue Lee Loy, and Lex Brodie’s Tires.

The initiative provides residents with a no-cost way to safely dispose of old tires, helping protect public health and the environment.

Eligible tires are limited to passenger car and light truck tires or smaller. Commercial vehicle and large truck tires will not be accepted. Tires must be free of water, dirt and other debris. Tires with rims and wheels attached will be accepted.

This event is for household-generated and self-hauled tires only. Business, government agency, non-profit agency or farm wastes are prohibited by law.

If you have any questions regarding this event, contact Alex White, recycling specialist with the Department of Environmental Management, at 808-961-8942, or email alexander.white@hawaiicounty.gov.