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 ...

“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 ...

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.

A company’s proposal to convert Big Island waste into energy, concrete and more raised eyebrows Friday at a Hawaii County Environmental Management Commission meeting. That resolution was based ...

A student-led zero-waste initiative in Ka‘u 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 — 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 ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...