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A line of cars going to the Kealakehe Transfer Station are backed up to the highway Wednesday morning. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
People trying to dump their New Year’s trash and recycle Christmas trees at the Kealakehe Transfer station Wednesday morning were met by a line of cars backed up to Queen Kaahumanu Highway. The Keauhou Transfer Station was closed, and the Kealakehe Station stopped accepting green waste by Wednesday afternoon according to a release by the Department of Environmental Management. Normal operations resume today. Above, Robert Atkinson recycles his Christmas tree at the Kealakehe Transfer Station Wednesday morning. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
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People trying to dump their New Year’s trash and recycle Christmas trees at the Kealakehe Transfer station Wednesday morning were met by a line of cars backed up to Queen Kaahumanu Highway.

The Keauhou Transfer Station was closed, and the Kealakehe Station stopped accepting green waste by Wednesday afternoon according to a release by the Department of Environmental Management.

Normal operations resume today.