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Big Island Solid Waste Management Plan Outlined, Headed for Testimony

The County’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee made 82 recommendations for the next iteration of the management plan, highlighting six as the highest priorities.

Recycle Hawai’i Resource Force Cape Design Contest

Eco-hero capes will be on display through December at Hilo’s ReStore.

Why Hawai‘i County no Longer Recycles Paper, Plastic

DEM Director Bill Kucharski on Tuesday afternoon provided a briefing to the Hawai‘i County Council on changes to the county’s recycling policy

Advice to Manage County Recycling Rollback

Effective Oct. 16, 2019, Hawai’i County Transfer Stations will no longer accept plastic or paper recycling in county “mixed” recycling bins.

South Hilo Landfill Will Not Accept C&D, Grading & Grubbing Materials Beginning Aug. 1

Effective Aug. 1, Hawai‘i County will no longer accept construction and demolition debris or grading and grubbing materials at the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill.

Hawai‘i County Issues New Residential Greenwaste Disposal Guidelines

Hawai‘i County’s greenwaste recycling facilities are only for the use of residential customers with self-hauled greenwaste from private residential properties.

Hawai‘i County Recycling, Transfer Stations, Landfills to Close for Holidays

The County of Hawaiʻi Recycling, and Transfer Stations and Landfills will be closed on Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.

Big Island Contributes Trash for Giant Whale Sculpture

Local environmental group partners with New York artists to build giant blue whale out of plastic trash.

HWF Conducts Another ‘Fishing for Energy’ Event

The Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund and eight volunteers recently loaded 15,000 pounds of derelict fishing nets and bundles of line into a 40-foot Matson container.