Bring your own automotive fluids, chemicals and poisons and other hazardous household wastes to the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium Parking Lot (Ho‘olulu Complex) collection area (via Pi‘ilani Street) on February 8th, 2025.  Business, farm, non-profit or government agency waste are NOT allowed by law.  Electronic waste (e-waste) and latex paint are also NOT allowed.  For full details on what materials are and are not accepted please visit our Household Hazardous Waste page.  Certain restrictions apply.

LOCATION CHANGE: Please enter the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium Parking Lot area via Pi‘ilani St. (near Laukapu St.)  Follow signage and security guards.

Safety Rules For Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Events

These rules are for your safety and the safety of the staff conducting these events.  Please kōkua and thank you for doing your part to keep these events safe for all participants.

• Remain in your vehicle unless directed by authorized personnel.
• Prior to arriving at the event, place your HHW items in your trunk or truck bed.  Make sure your trunk can be unlocked or opened remotely.  If you don’t have a trunk or truck bed, preferably place your materials in unlocked unoccupied backseat area.
• NO Container Returns.  Due to infection transmission hazard all containers brought to the event will not be returned and should be disposable.  If you want to keep your container transfer the material into a safe disposable container prior to the event.
• To minimize interactions, please label your HHW items (if possible) and make sure that your HHW items are easily distinguishable and separate from anything else in your trunk or truck bed.
• Six (6) foot physical distancing is recommended.
• If you are feeling ill or showing symptoms of illness please consider postponing your participation in our event or designate someone else to drop off your materials.
• You may pull over to the side of the event area safely after the drop-off area to check that your trunk/tailgate is closed properly or if the staff may have inadvertently missed an item.