Kealakehe Recycling and Transfer Station
74-598 Hale Maka'i Place
The Kealakehe station on Hale Maka'i Place serves the Kailua-Kona area seven days a week for household rubbish and daily cardboard and glass recycling. Residents can drop off green waste on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and pick up free self-loaded mulch daily from 7 am to 4 pm. A reuse center takes usable latex paint.
Listed hours: Rubbish drop-off daily 6:00 am-6:00 pm. Cardboard, brown paper bags, and glass daily 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Scrap metal and appliances Monday to Saturday 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Reuse center daily 8:00 am-4:00 pm.
Accepts: Corrugated cardboard, Brown paper bags, Non-HI-5 glass containers, Scrap metal, Household appliances, Green waste, Usable latex paint
Services: Household rubbish drop-off · Cardboard and glass recycling · Scrap metal and appliance recycling · Green waste drop-off · Mulch pickup · Reuse center
When can I drop off green waste at Kealakehe?
Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday, 8 am-4 pm, for residential self-haulers at no fee.
Is mulch free?
Residential self-haulers load mulch themselves at no fee, daily 7 am-4 pm. Commercial customers pay $5 per cubic yard with a 3 cubic yard minimum.