The Kealakehe (Kona) Transfer Station Green Waste Site only was closed at 8 a.m. today. The green waste site should reopen as regularly scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.
Until 4:15 p.m. this afternoon, the public can take their green waste to the West Hawaii Organics Facility (aka Puuanahulu landfill in Waikoloa). The facility is open six days a week from 7 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.; it is closed on Sundays.
Hawaii County in a press release apologized for the inconvenience due to the unanticipated staffing shortage and thanked the community for its patience.
Please visit our website, www.hawaiizerowaste.org, for future closure information and locations, or call the Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division office, at 961-8270.