HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR061818PWBERNARD P. CARVALHO, JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES, JR.
Managing Director
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
News Release
For Immediate Release: June 18, 2018
LYLE TABATA, ACTING COUNTY ENGINEER
Tel (808) 241-4996
Fax (808) 241-6604
Free mobile eWaste recycling this Sunday
HANAPEPE — The County Recycling Office is announcing free mobile eWaste recycling
for residents and businesses on Sunday, June 24, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the roads baseyard
adjacent to the Hanapepe refuse transfer station.
Acceptable electronic waste includes computers and accessories, televisions, printers,
office equipment, audio and video equipment, and handheld devices.
Please call Resource Recovery Solutions at 245-6919 if you have a large load so they
can properly accommodate you.
Please do not bring household batteries or small appliances to this event. Alkaline,
Nickel Metal, and Lithium batteries are accepted from residents only at the Kaua'i Resource
Center at 3460 Ahukini Road near the airport from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Appliances that are at least 50 percent metal can be placed in the scrap metal piles at all refuse
transfer stations and the landfill. All other non -working small appliances made primarily of plastic
should be thrown away with your normal refuse.
The public is also reminded that Puhi Metals Recycling Center accepts electronic waste
Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. All brands of eWaste are accepted from
residents and businesses free of charge with no quantity limits. Puhi Metals is located at 3951
Puhi Road, about a mile from the intersection of Kaumuali'i Highway.
These services will continue on the last Sunday of all even numbered months. Call 241-
4841 for more information or visit www.kauai.gov/ewaste.