Waimānalo Convenience Center
Waimānalo’s city drop-off on Hihimanu Street, with bins for green waste, Christmas trees, tires and e-waste.
The Waimānalo Convenience Center is at 41-241 Hihimanu Street, phone (808) 259-7182. Its hours run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, with closures only on Christmas and New Year’s Day. It takes green waste and whole natural Christmas trees, which the Wahiawā center does not. In March 2025, two overnight fires closed it for a day.
Serves: Honolulu trash pickup and drop-off rules.
What this center takes and what it does not
On Hihimanu Street you can leave household rubbish, furniture, mattresses, carpet and large appliances, plus green waste and whole natural Christmas trees free of ornaments and flocking. Passenger and light-truck tires, propane and other household gas tanks, home fire extinguishers, car batteries, taped loose rechargeable batteries and e-waste are also taken. Food scraps are not, and phones and GPS units cannot go in the e-waste bin.
About this site
On the night of March 3, 2025, crews put out two fires at the center, one in a 40-cubic-yard bin and one in a trash compactor. ENV said the cause was not related to city operations. The center reopened on March 5, 2025, on its normal 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. schedule, and the fire debris went to the Kapaʻa Transfer Station.
Rules at every Honolulu convenience center
Waimānalo is free and for residents only, like the other city convenience centers, and it shares their limits on loads and vehicles. See Honolulu Environmental Services for those rules.
- Type
- Convenience center
- State
- Hawaii
- City
- Honolulu
- Address
- 41-241 Hihimanu Street, Waimānalo, 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) 259-7182
- Official website
- honolulu.gov
- Primary source
- honolulu.gov
- Last verified
Questions
Where is the Waimānalo Convenience Center?
Does the Waimānalo Convenience Center take Christmas trees?
Did a fire close the Waimānalo 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
- City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services: Fire at Waimānalo Convenience Center temporarily closes facility
- City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services: Waimānalo Convenience Center reopens following fire cleanup
Sources and corrections
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