Reuse
"Ho'ohana hou"
One of the best ways to live zero waste is to reuse. Reuse means using things multiple times, buying gently used items, repairing rather than buying new, donating to charities and community groups, or re-selling items.
These actions prevent solid waste from entering the landfill, allow our communities to flourish and make our island a better place to live. Just by taking useful products discarded by those who no longer want them and providing them to those who do helps more citizens on our island. In many cases, reuse supports local community and social programs while providing donors with tax benefits and reduced disposal fees.
Replacing single-use items with reusable goods whenever possible, is even better than recycling because the item does not need to be reprocessed before it can be used again.
- Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance & Reusable Shopping Bags
- Ways to reuse the things you have.
- Places to give away things that are still useful.
- Bubble wrap and foam peanuts can be reused.
Ways to reuse:
- When buying big ticket items, why not save money and buy a used car or buy used household goods like washers, dryers, and refrigerators.
- When you go shopping, bring your own reusable bag.
- Donate your unneeded or excess non-perishable food to your local food bank.
- If you do get a disposable food container, wash and reuse it.
- Take a coffee mug from home when you go to a coffee shop.
- Reuse the back side of paper for taking notes.
- Repair broken or worn items if possible
- Buy or sell used items:
- at a yard sale,
- in the classified ads in a local paper,
- at a consignment shop or pawn shop,
- on the internet, at a buy and sell website.
Items to give away:
Household items include:
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House building items include:
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Online
- Craigslist.org
- Freecycle.org
- AmericanListed.com
Hawai‘i STATEWIDE
- Green Bed Company - recycles old mattresses to create new mattresses.
West Hawai'i REUSE CENTERS
Buy or Give house building items to:
- Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 331-8010
Buy or Give household items to:
- Salvation Army Thrift Shop (Kailua-Kona), 331-1307
- Big Island Runners (Year-round Reuse-A-Shoe Program, Kona), 938-2296
- Fashion Consignment Studio (Kamuela), 885-7923
- Goodwill Industries, 74-4786 Kanalani St. (Kona) 443-5858
- Island Books (Kealakekua), 322-2006
- King's Daughters Thrift Store (Kealakekua), 323-8178
- Kona Bay Books (Kailua-Kona), 326-7790
- Kona Thrift Store (Kailua-Kona), 334-0815
- Kona Outdoor Circle Thrift Shop (Kailua-Kona), 329-6217
- Mama's House Thrift Store & Book Shop (Waimea), 887-2287
- Repsychles (Captain Cook)
- St. James Episcopal Church Thrift Shop (Waimea), 885-0560
- Treasure Island Thrift Shack (Kealakekua), 323-3283
- Kealakehe Reuse Center at the Kealakehe Recycing & Transfer Station
Open 7 Days a week, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 238-2978. - Keauhou Reuse Center at the Keauhou Recycling & Transfer Station
Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 315-2745. - Hāwī Reuse Center at the Hāwī/Ka‘auhuhu Recycling & Transfer Station
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (new hours starting 2015-05-18)
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 854-4015. -
Waimea Reuse Center at the Waimea Recycling & Transfer Station
7 Days a Week 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 895-0482.
East Hawai'i Reuse Centers
Buy or Donate house building or household items at:
- Hale Aloha O Hilo Habitat for Humanity ReStore
700 Manono St.
935-6677
Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 5 pm
(Also takes plants of all kinds - call for more information) - Kea‘au Recycling & Reuse Center at the Kea'au Recycling &Transfer Station
Monday thru Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
Latex Paint Reuse Center at this location
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 895-6815. - Pāhoa Recycling & Reuse Center at the Pāhoa Recycling &Transfer Station
Daily, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 895-5775.
Take household items to:
- Goodwill Industries (Hilo), 961-0307
- Hilo Bay Books (Hilo), 935-9234
- It's Deja Vu (Hilo), 935-0922
- Kilauea Books (Hilo), 961-0870
- Salvation Army Thrift Shop (Hilo), 935-5531
- Stella's Place (Hilo), 961-2190
- Kea‘au Recycling & Reuse Center at the Kea'au Recycling & Transfer Station
Monday thru Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call 895-6815. - Pāhoa Recycling & Reuse Center at the Pāhoa Recycling &Transfer Station
Daily, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 895-5775. - Laupāhoehoe Reuse Center at the Laupāhoehoe Recycling & Transfer Station
Sunday & Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
For more information call Recycle Hawai‘i at 969-2012. - Smith's Appliance, 961-0322 (white goods and appliances, offers clean recycled mattresses)
- Hale Aloha O Hilo Habitat for Humanity ReStore (Hilo), 935-6677
Offers and accepts limited home furnishing items or appliances in good condition (new or "gently used").
Limited pick-up service available. Call first.
Packing Materials
Bubble wrap and foam peanuts are accepted by many local businesses:
- Kailua Business Center, 329-0038
- Kailua Candy Company, 329-2522
- One-Stop Mail Shop (Pahoa), 965-1111
- Honoka'a Live Art Gallery, 775-1240
- Waipi‘o Valley Artworks, 775-0958
- Volcano Island Honey (Ahualoa), call 775-1000
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