Central Maui Landfill Recycling Center Now Accepting Residential Scrap Metals

Hawaii’s County of Maui Department of Environmental Management’s Solid Waste Division announced that its Central Maui Landfill recycling center has begun accepting small-sized, residential scrap metal for recycling purposes.

The county’s solid waste division requests that residents should separate their metal loads from other materials. Items that will be accepted include roofing, gutters, tubs, sinks, faucets, pipes, metal lawn furniture, blinds and fencing. Other items that will be accepted include: bicycles (rubber tires must be removed), push mowers (all fluid must be removed), cable and electric wires, small electric appliances, microwaves, hand tools (batteries must be removed), satellite dishes, solar panels and motor parts (all fluid must be removed).

Items that will not be accepted include commercial material, household appliances, television sets, computers, radios, tires, batteries, shower stalls, riding lawn mowers, air conditioners, PV panels, propane tanks, aerosol cans, asbestos, rubbish and items that do not fit in the container. Any item containing hazardous waste will not be accepted.

Residents are encouraged to sends larger metal items to the SOS Island Metals Recycling facility in the Central Maui Baseyard.

SOS Island Metals Recycling has been awarded the bid for a two-year pilot project, which comes at no cost to the county. The contractor provides the bins and hauling of the scrap metals at no charge, while retaining all profits from the sale of metals collected.