Lāʻie Convenience Center
The city drop-off on the northern edge of Lāʻie, sharing a lot with the corporation yard across from Mālaekahana.
The Lāʻie Convenience Center, at 56-020 Kamehameha Highway, is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day; those hours stop only for Christmas and New Year’s Day. It sits on the mauka side of the highway, facing the Mālaekahana State Recreation Area, and cars reach it by a driveway along the south side of the city’s Lāʻie Corporation Yard. It began around 1988 as a refuse transfer station.
Serves: Honolulu trash pickup and drop-off rules.
What this center takes and what it does not
Residents bring household rubbish and bulky furniture, mattresses and carpet here, along with large appliances, green waste and whole natural Christmas trees. Tires from passenger cars and light trucks, home gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, car batteries, taped rechargeable batteries and e-waste have their own bins. Lāʻie is one of the six city centers that accept green waste; Wahiawā is the exception. Food scraps are turned away, and the e-waste bin takes no phones or GPS units.
About this site
The center occupies about 1.6 acres of an 8.188-acre city-owned lot it shares with the Lāʻie Corporation Yard. The Department of Design and Construction’s 2020 environmental assessment says the center, which ENV manages, is not part of the corporation yard’s master plan. The same document says the site opened around 1988 as a transfer station for residents’ household refuse and recycling and was later renamed the Lāʻie Refuse Convenience Center.
On April 1, 2026, the city Planning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend moving the whole 8.188-acre lot from the State Agricultural District to the Urban District. No one testified at the hearing. The commission sent its recommendation to the City Council, which decides the change.
Rules at every Honolulu convenience center
Lāʻie follows the same resident-only, no-fee rules, load limits and vehicle rules as the other six city centers. Honolulu Environmental Services has the full set.
- Type
- Convenience center
- State
- Hawaii
- City
- Honolulu
- Address
- 56-020 Kamehameha Highway, Lāʻie, HI
- Hours
- Daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day
- Who can use it
- Residents only. Cars, SUVs, pickups and minivans only; trailers and larger rental vehicles are not allowed at convenience centers (their preapproval, through disposal@honolulu.gov, covers transfer stations only). Two loads a day across all city drop-off sites; cut material to under 6 feet and 60 pounds.
- Fees
- Free for residents
- Takes
- Household rubbish; bulky items such as furniture, mattresses and carpet; large appliances (two a month); green waste; whole natural Christmas trees without ornaments or flocking; passenger and light-truck tires (four a month); household propane, butane, MAPP and helium tanks and home fire extinguishers; loose lithium-ion, NiMH and NiCad batteries, terminals taped, in a clear plastic bag; car batteries; e-waste such as computers, laptops, tablets, TVs, printers, cords, routers, speakers and game consoles
- Does not take
- Food scraps; phones and GPS units in the e-waste bin
- Run by
- City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services (ENV)
- Phone
- (808) 293-8714
- Official website
- honolulu.gov
- Primary source
- honolulu.gov
- Last verified
Questions
How do I get into the Lāʻie Convenience Center?
Is the Lāʻie Convenience Center land being rezoned?
What are the Lāʻie Convenience Center hours?
Sources
- City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services: Waste drop-off locations
- City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services: City e-waste drop bins
- City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction: Final Environmental Assessment, Lāʻie Corporation Yard Master Plan
- City and County of Honolulu Planning Commission: Communication to the City Council on the Lāʻie boundary amendment
Sources and corrections
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