HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR072618DPW1BERNARD P. CARVALHO, JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES, JR.
Managing Director
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
News Release
For Immediate Release: July 26, 2018
LYLE TABATA, ACTING COUNTY ENGINEER
Tel (808) 241-4996
Fax (808) 241-6604
Kilauea Mobile eWaste Recycling this Sunday, July 29
The County Recycling Office is reminding the public of a free monthly Mobile eWaste
Recycling service for residents and businesses on Sunday, July 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Anaina Hou Community Park in Kilauea behind the mini golf course.
This service at Anaina Hou Community Park in Kilauea occurs on the last Sunday of
every month.
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 you
may be accommodated.
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 Kauai 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., with hours of operation changing starting next
Wednesday, August 1, to 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 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.
Call 241-4841 for more information or visit www.kauai.gov/ewaste.