This past weekend, Hawaii Wildlife Fund and Keep Puako Beautiful teamed up with community volunteers, the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail and Hawaii State Parks crews to clean up the coastal trails and rocky shoreline around Kanekanaka Point and Hapuna
This past weekend, Hawaii Wildlife Fund and Keep Puako Beautiful teamed up with community volunteers, the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail and Hawaii State Parks crews to clean up the coastal trails and rocky shoreline around Kanekanaka Point and Hapuna State Park in South Kohala.
In honor of National Trails Day, 20 people joined the group to remove approximately 2,800 pounds of debris from along this wilderness coastline. The debris included household and beach rubbish and intentionally discarded large items, such as car tires, engine blocks, mufflers and exhaust pipes; mattresses, couches, a metal safe, a refrigerator, cable and metal pieces and abandoned vehicles that have not yet been removed. Only two small fragments of line pieces gave any hint of marine debris, most of the rubbish was from land-based sources.
In less than five hours, more than seven flatbed pickups full of debris were hauled off the shoreline.
The public is urged to dispose of household waste property during normal Hawaii County transfer station hours of operation and contact Recycle Hawaii to learn more about recycling household waste.
To participate in future cleanups in the region, contact Keep Puako Beautiful at kpb@hawaii.rr.com or Hawaii Wildlife Fund at kahakai.cleanups@gmail.com.
