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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 /> <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />September 30, 2019 <br /> <br />Contact: Michael Kaha, Solid Waste Division Deputy Chief, County of Hawaiʻi <br />Department of Environmental Management (office main line 808-961-8083; <br />work cell 808-756-8147) <br /> <br />SOLID WASTE CLOSURES TODAY (September 30, 2019) for <br />KEAUHOU and WAIEA TRANSFER STATIONS and <br />KEALAKEHE GREENWASTE SITE <br /> <br /> <br />The Keauhou Transfer Station closed at 8:00 a.m. today, September 30, 2019. It <br />should reopen as regularly scheduled tomorrow, October 1, 2019, from 6:00 a.m. to <br />6:00 p.m. Until 6:00 p.m. today, the public can take their residential waste to the <br />Kealakehe Transfer Station, which is open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />The Waiea Transfer Station also closed at 8:00 a.m. today. It should reopen as <br />regularly scheduled on Thursday, October 3, 2019, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Until <br />6:00 p.m. today, the public can take their residential waste to the Kealakehe Transfer <br />Station, which is open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />The Kealakehe greenwaste site is also closed today and should reopen as regularly <br />scheduled tomorrow, October 1, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Until 4:15 p.m. <br />today, the public can take their greenwaste to the West Hawaiʻi Organics Facility (aka <br />the Puʻuanahulu landfill), which is open six days a week (closed on Sundays) from 7:00 <br />a.m. to 4:15 p.m. <br /> <br />We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. <br />Please visit our www.hawaiizerowaste.org website for future closure information and <br />locations, or call the Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division, <br />at 961-8270. <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />