The Hawaii Department of Health has fined Par Hawaii $169,500 for violating the state’s hazardous waste management laws. In a notice of violation and order, DOH said Par Hawaii committed three ...

KAILUA-KONA — Friction between county officials and West Hawaii septage haulers has been mounting for months as pumpers contend policies at the Kealakehe Waste Water Treatment Facility are onerous and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Health issued a notice of violation and order against Par Hawaii Refining for violating the state’s hazardous waste management laws. According to ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -The city and Waste Management of Hawaii will pay $425,000 as a part of a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said that storms in December 2010 and ...

KAILUA-KONA A county employee says abrupt transfer station closures like those experienced last week could pop up again in the future unless the Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management ...

A student-led zero-waste initiative in Kau has kept more than 20,000 pounds of waste out of the West Hawaii landfill since the 2024 start of their grant-supported efforts in trash separation, ...

LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i County Council deferred the adoption of the 2021 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan on Wednesday, citing the need for further discussion.

“Remember that you're visiting an island; whatever you ‘throw away’ here doesn't have anywhere else to go,” Billy Middleton, a Hawaii Island-based ocean technology engineer and conservation ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) - The Solid Waste Advisory Committee in Hawaii has proposed a plan that includes 82 waste management recommendations covering nine programs. The committee also heard recommendations ...

LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i County’s 2021 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan was officially taken up last week after the Kaua‘i County Council deferred action in mid-November to revise its adoption resolution ...