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<br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />William A. Kucharski <br /> <br />Mayor <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Wilfred M. Okabe <br />Diane A. Noda <br /> <br />Managing Director <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT <br />345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 · Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> Ph: (808) 961-8083 · Fax: (808) 961-8086 <br />Email: cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />May 28, 2019 <br /> <br />Contact: Michael Kaha, Solid Waste Division Deputy Chief, County of Hawaiʻi Department <br />of Environmental Management (808-961-8270) <br /> <br />Keʻei Transfer Station Greenwaste Site Reopens <br /> <br />The County of Hawaiʻi Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division, <br />announces that the Ke‘ei Transfer Station is now accepting residential greenwaste for <br />disposal. <br /> <br />The greenwaste closure was due to the facility having reached the maximum storage <br />capacity allowed by the State Department of Health. The Solid Waste Division worked hard <br />and successfully removed all stored greenwaste at the facility, to pave the way for <br />reopening the facility. <br /> <br />The Solid Waste Division would like to advise all residential users of new greenwaste <br />acceptance guidelines for the Ke‘ei Transfer Station: <br /> <br />• Hours of operation for greenwaste disposal are 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on <br />Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. <br /> <br />• One load per day is allowed per residential customer, with a maximum quantity <br />of 5 cubic yards. <br /> <br />• Accepted are logs, branches, or other greenwaste material less than 6 inches <br />in diameter or 5 feet in length. <br /> <br />Only residential customers with self-hauled greenwaste from their private residential <br />property will be allowed to recycle greenwaste. Businesses, farms, government agencies, <br />and non-profit agencies are prohibited from dropping off greenwaste at any County <br />Recycling and Transfer Station. <br /> <br />Please do not transport any ‘ōhi‘a vegetative material, even if it appears uninfected, to our <br />facilities. Please compost ‘ōhi‘a material at the site where it originated to prevent the <br />spread of Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death. <br /> <br />Please visit our www.hawaiizerowaste.org website for future closure information and <br />locations, or call our Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division <br />Office, at 961-8270. <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />