Waiʻanae Convenience Center
The Waiʻanae Valley Road drop-off that the City Council has urged the city to run around the clock.
The Waiʻanae Convenience Center, at 85-572 Waiʻanae Valley Road, keeps hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and closes on Christmas and New Year’s Day. In June 2024 the City Council adopted a resolution calling it one of the city’s busiest centers and urging ENV to operate it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The city’s drop-off list still gives 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Serves: Honolulu trash pickup and drop-off rules.
What this center takes and what it does not
The Waiʻanae center accepts household rubbish; bulky pieces like furniture, mattresses and carpet; large appliances; green waste and whole natural Christmas trees; tires from cars and light trucks; household gas tanks and fire extinguishers; car batteries, taped rechargeable batteries and e-waste. Along with five other centers it has green waste, which Wahiawā lacks. It refuses food scraps, and its e-waste bin is not for phones or GPS units.
About this site
The Council adopted Resolution 24-81, CD1 on June 5, 2024. It recorded residents’ complaints about the center’s limited hours, strict limits on the types of refuse it takes and inadequate capacity, and linked them to more illegal dumping in the community. Besides round-the-clock service, the resolution asks ENV to review leasing property for a new city-run convenience center to add bin space in Waiʻanae, and to hold at least four community cleanups a year.
Waits here were one reason the city built the Kapolei Convenience Center: the city said Leeward Coast residents had complained about long waits at Waiʻanae, ʻEwa and Waipahu.
Rules at every Honolulu convenience center
As at every city convenience center, only residents may drop off, there is no charge, and one set of load and vehicle limits applies. Honolulu Environmental Services lists the rules in full.
- Type
- Convenience center
- State
- Hawaii
- City
- Honolulu
- Address
- 85-572 Waiʻanae Valley Road, Waiʻanae, 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) 696-4203
- Official website
- honolulu.gov
- Primary source
- honolulu.gov
- Last verified
Questions
Is the Waiʻanae Convenience Center open 24 hours?
Is a second convenience center planned for Waiʻanae?
Is there another center near the Waiʻanae Convenience Center?
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
- Honolulu City Council: Resolution 24-81, CD1
- City and County of Honolulu, Office of the Mayor: Mayor’s Highlights, November 2023
Sources and corrections
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