Yeah Maui County!
FINALLY a recycling program is happening!
Starting August 17, 2012, neighborhoods in South Maui will be a part of
Phase 1 Curbside Recycling!
We have been issued two new trash cans. A Blue one and a Green one,
where select items acceptable for recycling, will be collected by Maui’s Oplala
Pickers! (aka, Garbage Men)
The Brown Cart is for rubbish only.
The Blue Cart is used for Mixed Recyclables. Items allowed are:
- · Corrugated cardboard
- · Boxboard (ex; cereal boxes, egg cartons)
- · Juice cartons (ex; Milk cartons, pog cartons etc)
- · Paper bags
- · Newspaper (but no phone books)
- · Junk mail and envelopes
- · Magazines
- · Office Paper
- · #1 Plastic bottles (ketchup, shoyu and soda bottles)
- · #2 Plastic bottles (pog jugs, laundry soap jugs, medicine bottles etc)
- · #1 and #2 Containers (plastic bento containers, jamba juice cups, strawberry and tofu containers)
- · Dairy Tubs and Lids (sour cream containers, poi containers)
- · Beverage Cans (regular Hi5 aluminum cans)
- · Food cans (ex; spam, pineapple, dog food cans)
- · Aluminum Foil and Trays
However, NO METAL and NO GLASS items are allowed to be recycled for
they contaminate the other materials. (Glass shards and rust I suppose)
No PLASTIC BAGS are allowed in this cart either and all beverage and
food residue must be rinsed out.
The Green Cart is used for Greenwaste. Item allowed are: