 How we manage our island’s waste will affect generations
to come. Increasing recycling and waste-to-energy will
benefit the environment and divert thousands of tons from
the landfill. Oahu generates approximately 1.76 million
tons of waste annually, of which more than 1 million tons
are recycled. That’s a 57% recycling rate. About
600,000 tons of various materials are reused and remade
into new products, and another 600,000 tons are converted
into electricity at the H-POWER waste-to-energy facility.
(H-POWER sends 100,000 tons of ash and 100,000 tons of
non-combustible residue to landfill.) We can and need to
do more.
Recycling Initiatives 2008-2009
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The City is currently finalizing its solid
waste master plan. Technical studies which contributed
to the development of the plan are posted online in the