There is no curbside bulky-item pickup. Residents self-haul large items to the recycling and transfer stations, which accept soft compactable bulky items such as mattresses, stuffed chairs, and couches, plus residential do-it-yourself construction debris, at no charge (limit one residential load per day).
Hawai'i County handles bulky waste through drop-off, not pickup. Residential recycling and transfer stations take household self-haul rubbish including soft compactable bulky items (mattresses, stuffed chairs, couches) and residential DIY construction and demolition debris and greenwaste, capped at one residential load per day. Scrap metal, appliances (white goods), and abandoned/derelict vehicles are handled through dedicated programs, and material delivered to a facility becomes county property. Prohibited materials (paints, solvents, batteries, propane cylinders, hazardous waste) may not be dropped in the general stream and must go to household-hazardous-waste collection.
Dumping bulky items outside a facility is unlawful under HCC 20-03-01/20-03-03; salvaging or removing items from a station without authorization violates HCC 20-03-04. Criminal violations are a petty misdemeanor (up to $1,000 and/or 30 days).
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