At Hawaii Metal Recycling in Campbell Industrial Park,
Jim Banigan, the guy in the cowboy hard hat, explains
the mountains of metal being processed behind him. HMR
has increased its metal recycling from 40,000 tons in
1991 to over 100,000 tons last year. Every 10,000 tons
of scrap metal recycled saves more than 2 million cubic
feet of landfill space. |
Island Demo "deconstructed" the old Victoria
Ward buildings to make way for the new multiplex theatre
complex. More than 50% of the project was recycled/salvaged.
They recycled 185 tons of concrete and 468 tons of metal.
With a few short phone calls, Mike Leary found takers
for other products from the site. |
At the Pepsi facility in Halawa Valley, Albert Koorenhof
showed his visitors how Pepsi densifies their aluminum
cans into 100-pound cubes for recycling. Employees in
the office, plant and warehouse actively recycle office
paper, cardboard, galss and aluminum, and the company
has changed over to reusable plastic trays for their
one-and two-liter bottles. |
In a partnership with the City & County of Honolulu,
Pepsi's Halawa Valley plant was the first test site
in Hawaii for "glasphalt," which incorporates
crushed, recycled glass into the asphalt mix. |
Michael Drace, owner of Young Laundry & Dry Cleaning,
shows his visitors the new alternative fuel he's using
to power his plant's operations. Young Laundry is the
first Oahu company to use a fuel produced by Island
Commodities and made from recycled cooking oil, saving
about $1000 per week in fuel costs. |
Hickam Air Force Base showcases its materials recovery
facility (MRF), where it processes all of the recyclable
material collected on base. |
Chaney, Brooks & Company has established office
recycling programs in all of its commercial properties.
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Wolf Levine, former manager of the Hard Rock Cafe in
Waikiki, takes his visitors back-of-the-house and expalins
how their garbage dumpsters were replaced with a comprehensive
recycling center. After they recycle all the food waste,
glass and cardboard, there's not much garbage left for
disposal. |
Grace Pacific paved the first "ash-phalt"
roadway at H-POWER, reutilizing H-POWER ash |
