Recycling one ton of cardboard saves 17 trees, 7-thousand gallons of water, 11 barrels of oil, and three cubic yards of landfill space?
Bring your cans, bottles, and cardboard to any of our four locations. Remove liquids and keep materials separated for easy drop-off.
We accept aluminum cans, plastic bottles, HI-5 glass bottles, cardboard and some non-HI-5 glass containers.
Recycling saves energy, reduces landfill waste, protects natural resources and puts cash back in your pocket.
Visit one of our four locations throughout the island. Our staff is here to assist and make recycling simple for you. Our bins never fill up – we won’t turn you away. Come by when it’s convenient.
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Find a center near you and start recycling today.
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Did You Know?
Plastic bags account for 10 percent of the debris washed up along the u.S. Coastline? Here in maui county, plastic bags will be banned starting on january 11th, 2011.
Nationwide, landfills are composed of 40-percent paper – which could have been recycled? Paper thrown away in the U.S. Each year could build a 12-foot high wall from new york to seattle!
Recycled paper can be made into paper towels, notebook paper, envelopes, copy paper and other paper products? It can also be made into boxes, compost, and even kitty litter!
Reducing if the first step to recycling? While you’re shopping, think about the recyclability of the packaging on the items that you purchase while you’re at the store.
Making paper from recycled paper reduces contribution to air pollution by ninety-five percent? Or that recycling a 3-foot high stack of newspapers saves one tree?
Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a tv for 3 hours? Or that the average person could recycle more than 25-thousand aluminum cans in a lifetime?
Glass can be recycled an indefinite number of times and never wears out? And making glass from recycled material cuts related water pollution by 50-percent?
Recycling one glass jar saves enough electricity to light a conventional 60-watt light bulb for four hours….And an 11-watt c-f-l bulb for twenty hours!
The plastic recycling industry provides jobs for more than 52-thousand americans? Or that five plastic soda bottles yield enough fiber for one extra large t-shirt?
