HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-02-16 Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events - Waimea and Pahoa -- press release
William A. Kucharski
Harry Kim
Director
Mayor
Diane A. Noda
Wilfred M. Okabe
Deputy Director
Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
(808) 961-8083 · Fax (808) 961-8086
http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/environmental-management/
February 16, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
Free Residential Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Events
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events will occur between 8:30 a.m. and
3:30 p.m., as follows:
Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Waimea Recycling and Transfer Station.
Sunday, March 4, 2018 at the Pāhoa Recycling and Transfer Station.
These events are for household-generated and self-hauled waste only. Business,
government agency, non-profit agency, or farm wastes are not allowed. NO electronic
waste and no tires will be accepted.
The County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management holds these regular
collection events so that households can conveniently dispose of acceptable household
hazardous waste in a manner that protects both public health and the environment.
Acceptable household hazardous waste includes automotive fluids, used batteries,
fluorescent lights and pesticides. Latex paint will only be accepted at the Waimea event
for reuse. For a more complete list of acceptable or unacceptable household hazardous
waste, please visit our website http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/household-
hazardous-waste/. The website includes other useful information on solid waste diversion
and recycling.
If you are unable to attend the events described above, the next scheduled household
hazardous waste collection events will be on June 2, 2018, in Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe)
and on June 16, 2018, in Hilo.
For further information, please contact Chris Chin-Chance, Recycling Specialist with the
Department of Environmental Management, at 961-8554 or email
recycle3@co.hawaii.hi.us. Mahalo for your kōkua.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer