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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 />cohdem@co.hawaii.hi.us <br />http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/environmental-management/ <br /> <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />November 30, 2018 <br /> <br />Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator, County of Hawai’i Solid Waste <br />Division, 808-961-8942 <br /> <br />TREECYCLING! 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 at the following Recycling and <br />Transfer Stations which accept greenwaste and treecycling: Hilo, Keaāhoa, ʻau, P <br />Volcano, Kealakehe (Kailua-Kona), Ke‘ei, and Waimea. <br /> <br />Please be aware that all decorations, stands, lights, tinsel, and ornaments must be <br />removed prior to treecycling. Please note that artificial trees, flocked trees, or trees with <br />decorations cannot be tree-cycled, but may be disposed of in the regular trash chutes. <br /> <br />Residential customers may leave holiday trees in designated tree-cycling areas (but not <br />in the rubbish chutes) during normal business hours between December 26, 2018 and <br />January 15, 2019 only. Facility attendants will direct the public to the proper <br />treecycling drop-off point. For more information or a map and directions to drop-off <br />locations, go to http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/facilities/. <br /> <br />At the Hilo Recycling and Transfer Station, 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 />is normally required. Residential loads with both greenwaste and holiday trees must <br />first go to the County scalehouse to be weighed, prior to recycling. All commercial <br />haulers or commercial holiday tree collectors must proceed to the County scalehouse <br />prior to disposal. <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />