HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-05-31 Keei Transfer Station is Closed Today due to Staff Shortages -- Corrects to direct public to Kealakehe Transfer Station --press release
Harry Kim
William A. Kucharski
Mayor
Director
Wilfred M. Okabe
Diane A. Noda
Managing Director
Deputy Director
County of Hawai‘i
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 · Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Ph: (808) 961-8083 · Fax: (808) 961-8086
Email: cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov
NEWS RELEASE – Corrects to direct the public to Kealakehe Transfer Station, instead
of West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Contact: Michael Kaha, Solid Waste Division Deputy Chief, County of Hawaiʻi
Department of Environmental Management (office main line 808-961-8083; work cell
808-756-8147)
Keʻei Transfer Station is Closed Today, May 31, 2019, from 8:00 a.m.
Due to staff shortages, the Keʻei Transfer Station will close at 8:00 a.m. today (Friday,
May 31, 2019), and will reopen as regularly scheduled on Sunday, June 2, 2019, from
6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Up to 4:15 p.m. this afternoon, the public can take their waste to
the Kealakehe Transfer Station, which is open seven days a week, from 6:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.
Please visit our www.hawaiizerowaste.org website for future closure information and
locations, or call our Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division
Office, at 961-8270.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer