Household Hazardous Waste Collections are provided three times per year by the County of Hawai'i, Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division at designated transfer stations. Recycle Hawai'i helps with supplemental advertising via posters at the transfer stations.

ACCEPTED: Automotive materials, antifreeze, used motor oil, corrosives, all types of batteries, fluorescent lights & ballasts (NEW!), mercury thermometers, unused or outdated prescription medications (no controlled substances or sharps & needles), compressed gas cylinders (NEW!), oil-based paints & stains, toxic garden supplies, poisons & miscellaneous household products

NOT ACCEPTED: unknown materials, explosives, radioactive wastes, non-hazardous materials or waste from businesses (call for unusual materials).

Where & When:

Hours - 7:30 AM-2:30 PM

Hilo Transfer Station:                      1st Saturday of June & December
Kailua-Kona Transfer Station:         2nd Saturday of June & December
Pahoa Transfer Station:                   1st Saturday of March
Waimea Transfer Station:                1st Sunday of March

 
For more information, please call the Recycling info-line at 961-5044, or visit the County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management's website.  For more information on hazardous waste disposal from businesses or proper disposal of other hazardous materials not listed above, contact Greg Perry with EnviroServices at (808)330-1604.