What CAN Be Recycled


NOTE:  Materials taken to the Kealakehe, Hilo or the Kea‘au
Transfer Stations can still be commodity-separated. Please look for
signage on where to place recycled materials at these sites.

  • Batteries, automotive and deep-cycle

  • Cellular (mobile) phones

  • Cooking oil, used residential (in very limited locations)

  • Corrugated cardboard, flattened

  • Glass, jars and bottles

  • E-waste, computers and peripherals

  • Inkjet and toner cartridges

  • Magazines

  • Metals: Aluminum, brass, copper, lead, stainless steel (rinsed tuna, catfood and soup cans, cars, large appliances)

  • Newspaper

  • Office paper (white, mixed, shredded, and junk mail; NO BRITES - vibrant fluorescent paper)

  • Packing peanuts

  • Paper bags

  • Paperboard/boxboard (cereal, tea, snack food boxes, etc.)

  • Phone books and paper back books

  • Plastics #1, #2 & #5 (milk jugs, detergent bottles, yogurt cups, etc.)

  • Plastic shopping bags, knotted and bagged, #2 & #4

  • Motor oil, used residential

  • Yard debris. Download a copy of the Backyard Composting Brochure for more information.

Junk Mail

To reduce your junk mail and have your name(s) removed from rented mailing lists, please note the new address below. It can take 90 days to take effect and your name will stay on the list for 5 years. You must make the request in writing, and list all possible names currently used on your mail.

Direct Marketing Assn.
PO Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008

What CANNOT Be Recycled

NO wax-coated boxes or paper

NO food or oil contaminated materials

NO Styrofoam or plastics #3, #4, #6, #7

NO BRITE paper - vibrant, fluorescent paper

 

What to do with other items

One person's trash is another's treasure...

REDUCE!  REUSE!  FREECYLE!

  • Save your residential household hazardous waste for County collections. Please review list of accepted items.

  • Save household/toy/cellphone/hearing aid batteries for County of Hawai`i Household Hazardous Waste collections.

  • Solidify your non-toxic liquids and old latex paints in order to dispose of them in the trash. Call the County Solid Waste Office at 961-8339 for more information. See Alternatives for Toxins for more information.

  • Turn in automotive/deep-cycle batteries when you buy new ones or return to participating vendors in West Hawai`i and East Hawai`i for proper disposal.

  • Turn in old tires when you buy new ones or return to partcipating vendors in West Hawaii and East Hawaii for proper disposal.

  • Call the County Police Department at 935-3311 for abandoned vehicles on public roads.

  • Call 329-2886 or 961-2676 for more information on what and where you can recycle, or download a copy of our 2010 Hawaii Island Recycling Guide. 

  • Try reuse in action by trading items at: FreeCycle Big Island.

  • For more information about how to set up your own collection, call Recycle Hawai`i.