HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR102318DPWBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
News Release
For Immediate Release: October 23, 2018
LYLE TABATA, ACTING COUNTY ENGINEER
Tel (808) 241-4996
Fax (808) 241-6604
Mobile eWaste Recycling available at Hanapepe, Kilauea this weekend
The County Recycling Office is reminding the public of a free monthly Mobile eWaste
Recycling service for residents and businesses that is taking place this weekend from 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the Hanapepe base yard next to the Hanapepe refuse transfer station and the Anaina
Hou Community Park in Kilauea behind the mini golf course.
The service at the Hanapepe base yard will be on Saturday, Oct. 27, and the service at
Anaina Hou Community Park in Kilauea will be on Sunday, Oct. 28.
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 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 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.