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Effective Jan. 1st the Makawao HI-5 redemption center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

All Maui County HI5 redemption centers operated by Aloha Recycling temporarily closed on Wednesday due to a delay in reimbursement fee payments from the DOH.

Failure to properly meet reporting deadlines or improper reporting can result in penalty fines of up to $10,000 per violation per day.

Reynolds Recycling recently announced that it will be shifting their days of operation for their Maui center to offer additional redemption services on Saturdays.

Hasegawa General Store in Hāna was assessed a $400 fine by the state Department of Health for alleged late payments and reports required for the state’s HI-5 beverage container program.

The deposit fee for beverage containers in Hawai’i will increase by a half-cent to keep the successful HI-5 recycling program in operation for two more years.

East Maui residents will soon have a central location to recycle old plastics, newspaper, cardboard, aluminum, bi-metals and some plastics. The new Hana Landfill Recycling Center will open at 4 p.m. on Monday, January 24, 2012 at the Hana landfill across from the office on Waikoloa Road.

Construction has started on the new recycling and redemption center on the island of Lanai. The $235,727 first Phase includes grubbing and grading. When work on Phase I is complete this summer, the facility will begin accepting HI5 beverage containers. When Phase II is complete, services will be expanded to include acceptance of glass and […]