Complete the Cycle. Buy Recycled.

Simply collecting recyclable material and keeping it out of the waste stream is not actually “recycling.” Those materials must then be remanufactured into new products, and we, as consumers and businesses, must purchase these products in order to complete the cycle.

Buying recycled is as important as collection if recycling is going to continue to expand as an economically viable alternative to disposal. It’s basic supply and demand. Since our goal is to significantly reduce waste by channeling material to recycling (thus increasing supply), we have to also play a role in increasing demand.

Recycled materials recovered in local collection programs are remanufactured into new products by companies in Asia, Mainland USA and here in Hawaii. By purchasing recycled products, especially those that are made in Hawaii, you help to complete the cycle and reduce Hawaii waste.

So what’s being made with the materials you’re collecting? And what kinds of products could you be buying? For a full range of available products, ask your merchant to show you their recycled-content products that are comparable to ones you already purchase. For a listing of companies and products made right here in the islands from materials collected in local recycling programs, click on the links below.

The state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) has compiled an exhaustive list of recycled products available from local vendors (but not necessarily made) in Hawaii. View DBEDT's "Buy Recycled in Hawaii" Guide. But be warned, this link will take you off our website (though you can always return!)

Recycled Product Categories

Click on a category below to open a printable/saveable factsheet for each type of recyclable material, or scroll down (past the photos) to see a company listing for each category. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the factsheets.

• Glass
• Organics
• Tires

See Local-Made Recycled Products at: Honolulu Zoo

Click here to view a complete Guide to Recycled Products Made in Hawaii

A young visitor to the Recycled Products Store lounges on a chair crafted from old cardboard boxes by artist Mark Alan Chai.  The Recycled Products Store is at the Made in Hawaii Festival held annually at the Blasidell Center.  Go to News and Events for more information.	Crushed glass garden sculpture created by Hawaiian Cracked Glass for the Honolulu Zoo.
"Menehune Magic" compost and soil conditioner, manufactured by Hawaiian Earth Products, can be found in local garden shops.	Bernie Boltz of Intech sits atop packages of their hydraulic planting mulch manufactured from recycled paper. They also make an oil change box.
2,700 milk jugs were used by Aloha Plastic Recycling to manufacture this recycled plastic picnic table in use at the Honolulu Zoo.	Use an oil change box - it's easy on the environment and easy on you. Locally made with recycled paper by Intech, these used oil change boxes can be found in Oahu stores where motor oil is sold.

Hawaiian Cracked Glass creates crushed glass garden sculptures and decorative objects.
P.O. Box 5284, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 959-0361

Pacific Biodiesel's fuels are made from recycled cooking oils. Since November 2002, Biodiesel (B20, a 20% blend of 100% Biodiesel and low sulphur diesel) has been dispensed from three City fuel sites -- Honolulu, Keehi and Kapaa. The volume of fuel dispensed from these three sites accounts for approximately 60% of the total volume of fuel dispensed at all City automotive fuel sites. Other yards are being considered, funds permitting. No modifications are required. The blend occurs during the transport to the fuel sites. No fuel related problems have been reported to date. Visit http://www.biodiesel.com for more information.

Pacific Biodiesel, Inc.
Maui - Main Operations
40 Hobron Avenue
Kahului, Hawaii 96732
Telephone: (808) 877-3144
Fax: (808) 877-5030

Oahu Biofuels Facility
1003 Makepono Street
Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaiian Earth Products, Ltd., recycles yard trimmings into soil conditioners, compost and soil blends. The company’s bagged compost and soil conditioners, known as the "Menehune Magic" product line, are available at local garden shops. www.menehunemagichawaii.com

Windward: 101 Kapaa Quarry Road, Kailua, HI 96734
(808) 261-5877

Leeward: 91-400 Malakole Road, Kapolei, HI 96707
(808) 682-5895

Maui EKO Systems, Inc., produces compost utilizing yard trimmings, untreated wood, pallets, and biosolids. The majority of EKO Compost is sold in bulk to resorts and golf courses. The nutrient-rich EKO products are sold bagged in garden centers under the "EKO Premium Compost" and "EKO Tropical Blend" labels.
P.O. Box 1065, Puunene, Maui 96784
(808) 572-8844

Intech, Inc., dba Confidential Records Destruction, makes the "Oil Change Box" to safely dispose of and recycle used oil. These boxes, made with post-consumer waste paper, are available at retail stores. They also manufacture two new products, hydro-mulch and cellulose insulation.
922-C Austin Lane, Honolulu 96817
(808) 848-7776

Unitek Solvent Services markets shredded and crumbed old tires for fuel.
www.uniteksolvent.com
91-125 Kaomi Loop
Kapolei, HI 96707
(808) 682-8284
(808) 673-3241 (Fax)