Recycling

Overview

The Recycling Section focuses on a range of landfill diversion and Zero Waste services and programming such as Recycling Drop Box Centers, Plastic Free Maui County, BYO Bag, HI5 for redeemable beverage containers and the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.

The section also runs the Recycling Grants Program. Since 1990, hundreds of local organizations have received funding and other resources to help achieve Maui County’s waste reduction and landfill diversion goals.

Where Does My Recycling Go?   Tons Recycled Jan 2022               When you recycle, valuable resources are kept out of the landfill and made into new products. To make this process cost effective, Maui County Recycling Centers only collect high-value materials accepted on the global commodity market. 

Recycling Grant Program FY2024  (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)

Estimated Funds Available - $500,000 (Subject to County Council appropriations) 
The Recycling Section has partnered with hundreds of grantees over the past 30 years. Successful projects include but are not limited to landfill diversion, zero waste initiatives, education, equipment upgrades, program expansion, materials collection, and the collection and processing of waste resource materials. 

Residential Recycling

Recycling Guidelines Rules & Regulations

Recycling Guide A- Z

COM Recycling Guide A-Z

Zero Waste Times

Spring 2023 Zero Waste Times

Contact Us

  1. Recycling Section

    Email Recycle Maui

    Physical Address
    2145 Wells St Suite 305
    Wailuku, HI 96793

    Recycle Hotline: (808) 270-7880


  1. How do I find recycling information?
  2. Why can't we take containers back to the stores where we bought them?
  3. How should I separate and prepare containers and is it true that Redemption Centers may pay either by the number of containers or by weight?
  4. Why can't we redeem 2 liter bottles?
  5. When can we go back to crushing our containers?

News & Events

Haiku HI-5 Redemption Center Temporarily Closed; County Recycling Dropboxes Are Still Open

Due to staffing shortages, the privately-operated HI-5 Redemption Center at the Haiku Recycling Center is temporarily closed (as of October 11, 2022). Other HI-5 Redemption at other locations, including Makawao, UHMC, and Kihei, may also be subject to unscheduled temporary closures due to unforeseen labor issues.

Please call Aloha Recycling at (808) 871-8544 for up-to-date information on the status of operations at their HI-5 redemption sites.

County Recycling Centers for recycling of cardboard, newspaper, glass bottles and jars, aluminum and bi-metal cans, and #1 and #2 bottles are still open daily 7AM - 7PM in Haiku, Makawao, UHMC, Kihei, Hana, Olowalu, Lahainaluna Road (smokestack), Central Maui Landfill, and Molokai Naiwa Landfill.

Residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

The annual County of Maui Residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event will be held at a Central Maui location on Sunday March 26, 2023. Appointments will be required, which will open March 1, 2023. Information on how to make an appointment will be posted on March 1, as reservations cannot be made before then.

Disposable Body Board Ban effective August 9, 2022
A new law banning the sale, rental, and distribution of polystyrene bodyboards goes into effect on August 9, 2022.