Volunteers collect thousands of lbs. of recyclables

Congrats to all who participated in the huge recycling event at Kaimuki High School on Saturday!

With a steady stream of cars passing through the parking lot from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers collected 45,000 pounds of scrap metal; 75 refrigerators; 10 air conditioners; a shipping container each of green waste and tires and 2 shipping containers of newspaper, cardboard and beverage containers; two truckloads of computers; dozens of cell phones and printer cartridges; 150 batteries; 500 telephone books; 20 gallons of cooking oil and lots of household items for Goodwill stores.

Speaker Say and Reps. Caldwell, Nishimoto, Saiki and Belatti and their office staff pitched in to help.

Proceeds go to Kaimuki High School, Kapahulu Center and Moiliili Community Center.

Look for more recycling events in your area at McKinley High School (11/10/07) and Kapolei High School (12/1/07).

Top photo: Rep. Caldwell adds a tire to the pile, making it look easy.

BIG Recycling Event Set for Tomorrow

Looking for somewhere to recycle those old yellow pages?

Bring recyclables to the Kaimuki High School parking lot tomorrow, Oct. 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the 4th Annual Community Clean-up.

Proceeds will support Kaimuki High School, Kapahulu Center and Moiliili Community Center.

Recyclables that will be accepted include:

• scrap metal, pipes, metal appliances
• car parts, bicycles, lawn mowers
• refrigerators, air conditioners
• newspaper, cardboard
• beverage containers
• tires (passenger tires only, limit ‐ 1 load per household)
• shred documents (max. 2 bank boxes)
• cooking oil
• green waste
• car batteries
• useable clothing and household items
• cellular phones & printer cartridges
• telephone books
• one computer per household/car

Can't make it? Call Steve Uyeno (527-5587) or Rene Mansho (306-1876) for info on curbside pick-up.

The effort is supported by Congressman Neil Abercrombie, Councilmember Ann Kobayashi, Sen. Brian Taniguchi, Speaker Calvin Say, Reps. Kirk Caldwell, Scott Nishimoto, Scott Saiki and Della Au Belatti.

Similar recycling events are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 10 at McKinley High School and Saturday, Dec. 1 at Kapolei High School.

Help the environment and the community, and keep Hawaii beautiful!