HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-11-30 Treecyling - County of Hawai'i Recycles Holiday Trees -- 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
cohdem@co.hawaii.hi.us
http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/environmental-management/
NEWS RELEASE
November 30, 2018
Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator, County of Hawai’i Solid Waste
Division, 808-961-8942
TREECYCLING! 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 at the following Recycling and
Transfer Stations which accept greenwaste and treecycling: Hilo, Keaāhoa, ʻau, P
Volcano, Kealakehe (Kailua-Kona), Ke‘ei, and Waimea.
Please be aware that all decorations, stands, lights, tinsel, and ornaments must be
removed prior to treecycling. 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.
Residential customers may leave holiday trees in designated tree-cycling areas (but not
in the rubbish chutes) during normal business hours between December 26, 2018 and
January 15, 2019 only. Facility attendants will direct the public to the proper
treecycling drop-off point. For more information or a map and directions to drop-off
locations, go to http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/facilities/.
At the Hilo Recycling and Transfer Station, 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
is normally required. Residential loads with both greenwaste and holiday trees must
first go to the County scalehouse to be weighed, prior to recycling. All commercial
haulers or commercial holiday tree collectors must proceed to the County scalehouse
prior to disposal.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Commercial customers may tree-cycle at the East Hawaiʻi Organics Facility in Hilo or
the West Hawaiʻi Organics Facility in Waikoloa.
Also, kadomatsu decorations may be placed in the normal tree-cycling areas.
Kadomatsu decorations are normally a combination of bamboo, pine and flowers.
Kadomatsu is a tradition that began more than 600 years ago in Japan as a way of
attracting good luck in the New Year.
Mahalo for recycling and keeping these resources out of the County landfills!
For more information on Recycling in Hawai‘i County, visit www.hawaiizerowaste.org or
call our Solid Waste Division at 961-8270.