HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunication No. 2025-10 Waiohinu Transfer Station Fact SheetWaiohinu Transfer Station
Fact Sheet
Trash
•Operating Days: Monday, Thursday, Saturday; 121 Operating days/year
•79.7 miles to West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill (WHSL); 1.95 hours one-way to haul
•27,098 miles driven/year or $0.42/mile to haul
•170 loads/year from facility to WHSL with a total of 2,133 tons hauled per year
•$142,640 operating cost/year or $66.87/ton to haul
•Average load size: 12.54 tons/load (Average truck load should be 18 tons)
•170 loads/year divided by 121 operating days = 1.40 loads/day hauled from
Waiohino
Recycle
•59.3 miles to Business Services; 79. 7 miles to West Hawaii Organics Facility
(WHOF)
•Glass: 27.5 tons/year
•Cardboard: 70.32 tons/year
•Metal: 135tons; 133 trips/year
•Total Tons: 232.82/year
•Recycling Operating Cost: $110,491.23/year
•Hauling Cost: $55, 726.82/year
•Recycle Cost/ton to haul: $211.62/ton
•Big Island: 15,329tons/year of recycle
Communication No. 2025-10