#environmental management

New mulch loading fees announced for commercial customers of Kealakehe, East Hawaiʻi facilities

Fee at Kealakehe Recycling and Transfer Station will be $5 per cubic yard; fee at East Hawaiʻi Organics Facility will be $20 per cubic yard as of March 1.

Mayor Alameda appoints new directors for Environmental Management, Public Works departments

Daniel Girvan replaces Wesley Segawa as director of the Department of Environmental Management, with Segawa becoming director of the Department of Public Works.

Hawaiʻi County to temporarily close Keaʻau Transfer Station for paving work

The Keaʻau Transfer Station in Hawaiʻi County will be closed on Sept. 17 for essential paving work, with operations resuming on Sept. 18.

Hawaiʻi County to install fencing at Hilo Transfer Station

Hours will remain the same during the fencing work, which is set to begin next Monday.

Hawaiʻi County solid waste facilities to close for 2 days to observe upcoming holidays

All County of Hawaiʻi solid waste facilities will be closed all day Wednesday, Dec. 25 and Wednesday, Jan. 1.

Hawai‘i County Mayor-elect Kimo Alameda announces first appointments

Mayor-elect Kimo Alameda announced his selections for deputy managing director and managing director.

Community meetings scheduled for Big Island reusable food and drinkware system project

Hawai‘i County and the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program were recently awarded grants through programs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to undertake the project.

Pilot cesspool grant program available for Hawaiʻi property owners; first-come, first-serve

Each grant recipient can receive up to $20,000 in reimbursements for a cesspool conversion or cost of connecting to a sewage system in the State of Hawaiʻi.

Sewer Main Repair Causes Traffic Change at Kapu‘e Stream Bridge

Traffic will be impacted by planned repairs to an existing sewer main off Highway 19 north of Hilo.

Environmental Commission Vice-Chair John Dill Dies

Dill, 38, also a former Ethics Board chairman, apparently suffered a heart attack and died at Hilo Medical Center on May 29.

County Touts Plastic Bag Bill At Film Fest

Environmental Management officials will be at the showing of “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” to talk about the County’s Plastic Bag Reduction Bill.