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<br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />William A. Kucharski <br /> <br />Mayor <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Roy Takemoto <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 />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />December 24, 2019 <br /> <br />Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator, County of Hawai’i Solid Waste <br />Division, 808-961-8942 <br /> <br />TREE-CYCLING! COUNTY RECYCLES HOLIDAY TREES <br /> <br />To help make the holidays greener, the Solid Waste Division of the Department of <br />Environmental Management will again offer tree-cycling. <br /> <br />Residential customers are encouraged to tree-cycle their holiday trees and kadomatsu <br />decorations at the following Recycling and Transfer Stations: Kea‘au, Pāhoa, Volcano, <br />Kealakehe (Kailua-Kona), Ke‘ei, and Waimea, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. <br /> <br />At the East Hawai‘i Organics Facility, from December 26, 2019, through January 15, <br />2020, residential customers can tree-cycle holiday trees from 6:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. <br />(closed from 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. daily). Residential customers with only holiday trees <br />for tree-cycling may proceed directly to the East Hawaiʻi Organics Facility and look for <br />the designated tree-cycling area—there is no need to go to the County scalehouse, as <br />normally required. Residential loads with both greenwaste and holiday trees must go to <br />the County scalehouse to be weighed. All commercial haulers or commercial holiday <br />tree collectors must proceed to the County scalehouse prior to recycling. <br /> <br />Please be aware that all decorations, stands, lights, tinsel, and ornaments must be <br />removed prior to tree-cycling. Please note that artificial trees, flocked trees, or trees <br />with decorations cannot be tree-cycled, but may be disposed of in the regular trash <br />chutes. <br /> <br />Mahalo for recycling and keeping these resources out of the County landfill. <br /> <br />For more information on Recycling in Hawai‘i County, visit www.hawaiizerowaste.org or <br />call our Solid Waste Division at 961-8270. <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />