HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-24 Treecycling - County Recycles Holiday Trees -- press release
Harry Kim
William A. Kucharski
Mayor
Director
Roy Takemoto
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
December 24, 2019
Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator, County of Hawai’i Solid Waste
Division, 808-961-8942
TREE-CYCLING! COUNTY RECYCLES HOLIDAY TREES
To help make the holidays greener, the Solid Waste Division of the Department of
Environmental Management will again offer tree-cycling.
Residential customers are encouraged to tree-cycle their holiday trees and kadomatsu
decorations at the following Recycling and Transfer Stations: Kea‘au, Pāhoa, Volcano,
Kealakehe (Kailua-Kona), Ke‘ei, and Waimea, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
At the East Hawai‘i Organics Facility, from December 26, 2019, through January 15,
2020, residential customers can tree-cycle holiday trees from 6:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
(closed from 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. daily). Residential customers with only holiday trees
for tree-cycling may proceed directly to the East Hawaiʻi Organics Facility and look for
the designated tree-cycling area—there is no need to go to the County scalehouse, as
normally required. Residential loads with both greenwaste and holiday trees must go to
the County scalehouse to be weighed. All commercial haulers or commercial holiday
tree collectors must proceed to the County scalehouse prior to recycling.
Please be aware that all decorations, stands, lights, tinsel, and ornaments must be
removed prior to tree-cycling. Please note that artificial trees, flocked trees, or trees
with decorations cannot be tree-cycled, but may be disposed of in the regular trash
chutes.
Mahalo for recycling and keeping these resources out of the County landfill.
For more information on Recycling in Hawai‘i County, visit www.hawaiizerowaste.org or
call our Solid Waste Division at 961-8270.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer