Solid Waste Division Chief Greg Goodale says the Kealakehe Green Waste is reopening tomorrow, Saturday, May 16, and will be open from now on on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays from 8 until 4.

The Kealakehe Green Waste joins the Pahoa, Ke’ei, and Waimea Transfer Stations, all open from 8 until 4 on designated days.

Pahoa Transfer Station:  Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays

Ke’ei Transfer Station:  Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays

Waimea Transfer Station:  Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays

Users may always take green waste to the Pu’uanahulu Landfill, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.,  or to the East Hawaii Organics Facility every day from 7 a.m. until noon and 12:30 til 4:15,  with no charge for residential haulers.

Green waste service limits are a maximum of 1 residential load per day, and 5 cubic yards per load. (Five cubic yards is the equivalent of a full-sized pickup truck with an 8-foot bed filled up to the cab.)

Users must keep a 6 ft. or greater social distance from each other and facility employees.  If a 6 ft. social distance cannot be maintained,  all users must wear a mask or cloth face covering.

The county says anyone with symptoms of the COVID-19 virus will be restricted from using the services at these facilities, but it’s not clear who will make that determination, nor how.  But anybody who is sick should always stay home and away from others.

The County’s web site for Environmental Management and anything having to do with garbage, recycling, green waste, etc., is hawaiizerowaste.org