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Recycling and Disposal Guide for Oahu

1. Recycling and Disposal Guide for Oahu Opalavision on 0 H Onn iy an ae fe O Channel 332 and on the web at opala org TIME WARNER CABLE Watch Opalavision on The Green Channel and on the web at opala org New episodes added regularly with an archive of dozens to keep you entertained Select stories of interest to you it s interactive Hawail s The Green Channel is the nation s first eco conscious television network It s locally produced and provides viewers a central source of information about preserving our environment island style The Green Channel s Opalavision stories focus on recycling and intelligent waste management one of today s most important issues contributing to our island s sustainability The Opalavision programming is supported by the City s Department of Environmental Services Be Opala Akamai Please take the time to learn more about all the stuff we throw away and how you can help sort it out How we manage our Island s waste will affect generations to come Increasing recycling and waste to energy will benefit the environment and divert thousands of tons from the landfill Oahu generates more than 1 5 million tons of waste annually of which more than one million tons are diverted from landfill through recycling and H POWER waste to energy More than 500 000 tons of various materials are remade into new products and another 500 000 tons are converted into electrici
2. Bulky collection is conducted over a 3 4 day period and the crews will continue on the days following the holiday Condo Recycling Most multi family buildings have private refuse hauling services contracted by your property management Recycling programs require similar coordination through your association of apartment owners and property management Recycling offers condominium and apartment buildings an For refuse and recycling opportunity to lower refuse costs Establishing a program in your building to separately collect aluminum glass plastic newspaper cardboard and green waste reduces the volume of material in your refuse dumpster The City can help with recycling containers technical assistance and reimbursement for start up costs Www opala org or call 768 3200 Carts must be placed at the curb facing out All material must fit in the cart with the lid closed Carts with green waste refuse or boxes protruding out the top cannot be collected Please cut branches and flatten boxes Crush and compact refuse to reduce volume in your gray cart For refuse Securely bag all refuse especially organic food and pet waste Periodically rinse out your gray cart to control odor and vectors Learn more at opala org Special Wastes Bulky Item Collection Bulky item collection is provided to all residential properties on a no call regular monthly schedule www opala org or call 768 3200 Pickup is conducted
3. over a 3 4 day period All your items must be placed at the curb fronting your property by 6 00 am on the first day or they may not be collected Separate trucks are used to collect recyclable metals versus H POWER bound items and may drive through your neighborhood at different times Bulky items must not be placed at the curb any earlier than the day before your collection day or you may be subject to fines and Drop Off Sites There s no excuse to dump on Hawaii Collection services are readily available Refuse and recyclables are collected curbside weekly bulky items monthly and drop off centers are available around the island Please call 768 3500 to report any illegal dump DUMP sites If you witness someone illegally dumping call 911 immediately SORT IT OUT How Is it used The story of new products compost energy nothing to landfills Did you know Post consumer recycled content means that the product was made from materials recovered after consumer use Look for the reeycled content logo on products you buy Green Waste is locally composted to produce a variety of soil amendment products Local mulch and compost products Compost is fully processed ground Did you know are sold as Menehune Magic in green waste with the look of rich a Leaving grass clippings on your garden shops or you can buy direct soil Use as a top dressing or mixed eposit i lawn ad
4. d by one or more of the City s mandatory recycling laws Bars and restaurants are required to recycle glass Office buildings with 20 000 square feet of office space are required to recycle office paper newspaper and cardboard Food waste recycling is mandatory for businesses that generate large volumes including hotels large restaurants and grocery stores hospitals and food manufacturers processors Green waste and cardboard are restricted at City disposal sites to no more than 10 of a truckload Large commercial generators such as landscapers property managers and shopping centers must separate this material for delivery to recycling and composting facilities Tires auto batteries white goods appliances scrap metal and commercial e waste are all banned from disposal sites and should be recycled Education and School Recycling Assistance Teachers Click on the Learning Center at www opala org for ideas for classroom recycling activities field trips and campus recycling projects And don t miss the annual Discover Recycling a one day event to introduce educators to recycling resources for your schools and classrooms including student activity books and recycling education shows Students Use the opala org website to help you with recycling projects and papers Click on the News link for archived stories on waste and recycling issues in the local and national news Click on the Media Library for video clips recycli
5. ds nutrients One full D ee waste G Cli from Hawaiian Earth Recycling with other soils for potting and a A gre a j LOOSE tee rass ClIPpINgs Mulch is coarsely ground partially Chewing KC eeke Seni PUETE one fertilize treatment Curbside Green Cart pags please a cured green waste Use as ground a not compos cover to prevent erosion Spread Drop Off Centers Christmas Trees around trees and garden beds to retain No ornaments tinsel or flocking moisture and limit weed growth Refuse is processed at the H POWER waste to energy facility to produce electricity Dy Te you know Plastic bags Plastic containers other than 1 and 2 Styrofoam TE H POWER incinerates waste and H POWER recycles virtually The low grade papers and h j j ie A i j Bagall ie Telephone books Other glass generates 10 of Oahu s electricity 100 of the metals from the mixed plastics not designated for the to preven 70 megawatts of power enough waste Metals are extracted using recycling bins are combustible vectors such as ceramics dishes 7 Curbside Gray Cart ae Cereal boxes glassware window glass to power 60 000 homes magnets and eddy currents and provide greater benefit in an local energy production than Dumpster and other flatboard light bulbs and mirrors H POWER provides an alternative RR er eg a ea reed at to fossil fuels and contributes to our PPING Junk mail or magazines General household island s energy sustainabil
6. green waste Gray cart for refuse Your neighborhood s weekly collection Place at the curb by 6 00 am and no earlier than the schedule includes one refuse day and one recycling day evening before your scheduled collection day alternating weekly between the blue and green recycling carts Collection schedule maps and monthly calendars to track the alternating recycling days are posted online at www opala org Keep containers and bulky items on your property during non collection days Pickup access should not be blocked by objects or vehicles Allow 5 feet between cart and any object Allow 2 feet between carts if setting out more than one Islandwide expansion for the 3 cart curbside recycling collection system was completed in May 2010 including a total of 160 000 homes Recycling was added to the automated collection areas first and plans for the manual collection areas will follow Holiday Collections The City provides scheduled collection service on all holidays except Christmas Day and New Year s Day When your refuse day falls on these holidays the missed collection will be made up on the following 1 2 days Please leave the gray cart at the curb until it is serviced In manual collection areas with twice weekly refuse service please hold your refuse for the next scheduled day Recycling days that fall on the holidays will not be made up Please hold mixed recyclables and green waste for the next scheduled pickup
7. ity rubbish Learn more at opala org Learn more at Oopala org Other Refuse Appliances Large appliances collected by the City appliance dealers and private refuse haulers are delivered to a metal recycler Arrange for the appliance dealer to remove your old appliance when they deliver your new one Place at curb for City bulky item pickup Drop off at City Convenience Centers for Refuse amp Recycling or at Kapaa and Kawailoa Transfer Stations e Commercial entities should deliver directly to the recycling facilities Batteries Give your old auto batteries to the dealer when purchasing new ones or you may take them to the City Convenience Center nearest you State law requires the dealer to accept and recycle them Drop off rechargeable batteries from cell phones computers and power equipment in special collection boxes at Best Buy and Home Depot Regular alkaline batteries A C D type can be safely disposed of with your regular refuse collection Manufacturers no longer use heavy metals in their production Electronic Waste e waste Computers Donate old functional computers to local organizations Take non functional computers to local recycling companies see list on back Recycle e waste through retailer and manufacturer takeback programs Okay to dispose of home computers with regular trash or bulky pickup Commercial e waste is banned from disposal More detail online at WWW Opa
8. la org Cell Phones Old obsolete cell phones can be donated to organizations for reuse and recycling Ask your service provider and or go online at www oOpala org for a list of organizations Many provide pre paid shipping labels Learn more at opala org Used Oil Motor oil cutting oil or fuel oil can be disposed with your regular household rubbish Use an oil change box or pour into a plastic bag with an absorbent material and seal the bag Commercial generators must handle and dispose of used oil in accordance with EPA and State Department of Health guidelines Autos All junk autos are recycled To arrange for free auto junking service for your car call 532 4325 or go to a Satellite City Hall To report abandoned autos call 735 2530 Tires Give your old tires to the dealer when purchasing new ones or you may take them to the City Convenience Center nearest you State law requires the dealer to accept and recycle them e Tires are banned from disposal sites Commercial generators should deliver to recycling facilities Propane Tanks Do not throw intrash If propane tanks get into H POWER they may explode Take propane tanks to any City Convenience Center for Refuse amp Recycling Furniture Mattresses Place at curb for bulky item collection Drop off at City Convenience Centers for Refuse amp Recycling Kapaa and Kawailoa Transfer Stations or the landfill e Commercial entities should delive
9. munity and business recycling programs innovations and technology and opens discussions on new directions in the City s waste management and recycling programs You can stay in the loop talkin trash connected to the resources with a click of your mouse Sign up for Tour de Trash a FREE bus tour of Oahu s trashier side Select from four scheduled tours to get an up close look at recycling and waste processing operations on Oahu and successful recycling programs implemented by island businesses Teachers and groups can Call 768 3200 for more information about arranging custom tours Recyclin Guide for O Learn more at opala rg Contact Us Refuse and Recycling Services 768 3200 Refuse Division 768 3401 Recycling Office 768 3200 Household Hazardous Waste 768 3201 H POWER Waste to Energy 768 5455 Waimanalo Gulch Landfill 668 2985 DROP OFF CONVENIENCE CENTERS Ewa 226 2996 Laie 293 8714 Wahiawa 621 3648 Walanae 696 4203 Waimanalo 259 7182 Waipahu 676 8878 Kapaa Kailua 262 4248 Keehi Honolulu 845 1162 Kawailoa Haleiwa 637 5511 REFUSE RECYCLING BULKY COLLECTION All Oahu Neighborhoods 768 3200 Honolulu Foster Village to Hawaii Kal Kapaa Kailua Kaneohe Waimanalo Koolauloa Kahuku to Kahaluu Pearl City Waipio Gentry Royal Kunia Waipahu Halawa to Makakilo Pearl City Kapolei Wahiawa Wahiawa Kunia Camp Mililani Waipio Acres Waialua Waialua Haleiwa Sunset Waianae Makaha to Hon
10. ng songs photos graphic art and recycled art Use these to enhance posters banners and PowerPoints The Resource Library provides technical studies Oahu recycling rates mandatory recycling laws recycling company lists guidelines for conducting a waste audit and designing recycling systems and a glossary of waste recycling terms You could create a really cool project or report Schools and Non Profit Organizations Raise funds with HI 5 collection events Recycling companies offer big recycling bins and trailers for consolidation and transport The City offers smaller collection containers to capture HI 5 s at sports and community events guidelines for organizing your event and banners to promote it Click on the link to HI 5 Collection Drive in The Learning Center at www opala org Buy Recycled Products Look for the recycled content label on products when you shop and be especially watchful for locally made recycled products to support our local recycling collection efforts Local recycled products include mulch compost glasphalt crushed glass garden sculptures crushed glass for construction fill oil change boxes hydromulch cellulose insulation and biodiesel fuels Free mulch may be available at Hawaiian Earth Recycling Call to check on availability and additional locations More product and company information at www opala org Subscribe online to WasteLine a bi monthly e newsletter which profiles successful com
11. okai Hale BULKY ITEM COLLECTION 768 3300 recorded schedule information Recycling Companies Multi material aluminum metal glass plastic paper CM Recycling no paper 842 6640 Honolulu Recovery Systems 842 3602 Island Recycling 682 9200 Lenox Metals 682 5539 Reynolds Recycling 487 2802 metals aluminum glass plastic RRR Recycling Services 682 5600 Island Shell paper only 487 1100 Auto Batteries Battery Bill s 833 3797 Interstate Battery 676 6000 Yard Waste Untreated Wood Hawaiian Earth Recycling 682 5895 Metals Okuda Metal 845 6856 Han s Metals 676 4797 Schnitzer Steel Hawaii 682 5810 Motor Oil Tires Freon commercial only Unitek motor oil tires 682 8284 Philip Services motor oil 682 3033 Refrigerant Recycling freon 682 1555 Leeward Auto Recycling tires 682 5515 Island Recycling tires 682 9200 Computers e Waste Enviroservices 839 7222 Intrade Corporation 847 5300 Philip Services 845 0032 Pacific Commercial Services 545 4599 Pacific Corp Solutions 488 8870 Pacific Environmental Corp PENCO 545 5195 T amp N Services 371 0281 commercial only For other categories including commercial food waste and printer cartridges see list at www opala org Printed on Recycled Paper
12. r directly to H POWER Hazardous Chemicals Call the Household Hazardous Waste Info Line at 768 3201 to schedule an appointment for the next drop off held bi monthly Limited quantities will be accepted from each householder e Commercial generators must handle and dispose of hazardous material in accordance with EPA and State Department of Health guidelines Paint Small quantities generated at home can be disposed of with your regular household rubbish Latex paints can be hardened in the can then thrown away Oil based paints must be solidified with an absorbent material such as shredded paper old rags or sawdust then sealed ina plastic bag An oil change box provides the same results e Commercial generators must handle and dispose of paint in accordance with EPA and State Department of Health guidelines Rock Dirt Concrete Do not throw in trash Deliver to the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill Leeward Oahu Commercial generators are restricted from the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill and can deliver to crushing recycling facilities or take to the construction and demolition landfill in Nanakulli J Business Recycling Assistance The opala org website offers model recycling program peer consultants and detailed guidelines for designing recycling systems employing waste prevention strategies buying recycled products and educating employees Mandatory Recycling Laws Most Oahu businesses are affecte
13. ty We can and need to do more With increases in recycling and WTE we can expect to send little more than ash and residue from processing technologies to island landfills New expansions to H POWER have increased its capacity by an additional 500 000 tons Curbside recycling Is iSlandwide Let s work together to sort it out for a sustainable future Mahalo Department of Environmental Services City amp County of Honolulu Kirk Caldwell Mayor Learn more at Opa la melae Paid for by the taxpayers of the City amp County of Honolulu Recycling Refuse Collection Service Refuse collection schedules changed as curbside recycling integrated into the City s collection system Your neighborhood is serviced twice per week Monday Thursday Tuesday Friday or Wednesday Saturday One day is designated for refuse pickup and the other for recycling pickup Most island homes are using the wheeled carts provided by the City Some neighborhoods where automated collection is not possible are serviced witha manual collection system using your own 35 gallon containers The manual service is twice weekly and does not include separate recycling as yet Apartment dwellers should follow directions for recycling disposal provided by your property management Curbside Recycling For all curbside collection services 3 Cart Refuse Recycling Collection Refuse Recycling and Bulky Items Blue cart for mixed recyclables Green cart for

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