- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
- 2-Bin Recycling (Cardboard/Boxboard, Paper, Plastic, Aluminum/Tin, Non-HI5 Glass, Plastic Bags)
- Appliances
- Automobiles & Tires
- Computers, Electronics & Inkjet/ Toner Cartridges
- Organics (Green Waste & Food Discards)
- HI-5 Program
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Motor Oil
- Scrap Metal
- Other: Cellphones, Medical Waste, Syringes
- Hawai‘i Island Recycle Guide
- Zero Waste
- Facilities
- Business Resources
- Event Planning
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Paper Recycling Impact
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Recycling a ton of paper saves 17 trees, two barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for six months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space and 60 pounds of air pollution.
Computers, Electronics & Inkjet/ Toner Cartridges
Although these products may not be dangerous to use
Purchase Recycled Paper Products
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If every U.S. household replaced just one roll of 1,000-sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissues with 100 percent recycled ones, it could save 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space and 155 million gallons of water.
Steel Recycling Impact
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The energy saved each year by steel recycling is equal to the electrical power used by 18 million homes each year - or enough energy to last Los Angeles residents for eight years.
Glass Recycling Impact
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Recycling glass instead of making it from silica sand reduces mining waste by 70 percent, water use by 50 percent and air pollution by 20 percent.
Aluminum Consumption
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Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every three months. Recycling just one aluminum can saves enough energy to operate a TV for three hours.
What product takes up the most space in US landfills?
According to the US EPA, the material most frequently encountered in MSW landfills is plain old paper-it accounts for more than 40 percent of a landfill's contents. Newspapers alone can take up as much as 13 percent of the space in US landfills.
