New tipping fee on commercially hauled greenwaste begins July 1

The county on July 1 will begin charging a new tipping fee to businesses that drop off greenwaste at East and West Hawaii recycling facilities, according to a statement Wednesday from the Department of Environmental Management.

The new source-separated greenwaste fee for commercial businesses will be $21.25 per ton, 25 percent of the normal solid waste landfill tipping fee of $85 per ton.

The new fee will not affect residential customers with self-hauled greenwaste from their private residential properties. Those customers will continue to be allowed to drop off greenwaste free of charge at seven locations around the island.

Revenue from the new fee will help finance an expansion of greenwaste recycling services around the island.

Starting July 1, businesses recycling greenwaste will be required to drop off their greenwaste at either the East Hawaii or West Hawaii Organics Facilities. Businesses will be required to obtain a solid waste facility disposal permit prior to recycling greenwaste at those facilities. Applications are available online at HawaiiZeroWaste.org, at the county scale houses or by calling the county’s Solid Waste Office at 961-8270.

For more information, visit HawaiiZeroWaste.org.