Public Drop-Off: Saturday, October 30

This page is for PERSONAL equipment use only; for INSTITUTIONAL equipment drop-offs, click here.

Welcome to the Public information page for Hawai‘i’s Biennial Education & Government eWaste Disposal Days 2010, sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i. We're glad that you've taken this first step with us in reducing pollution through earth-friendly disposal of your unwanted end-of-life electronics in an environmentally safe manner, regardless of the manufacturer, free of charge.

If you represent a public or private school or university; any City, County, State or Federal/Military branches in Hawai‘i, a small to medium sized business (of less than 100 employees) or a non-profit that wishes to dispose of ewaste through this program please visit the Institutional registration page for details.

Guidelines for Participation

This program is open for Hawai‘i household residents who wish to dispose of personal ewaste on Saturday, October 30 from 9:00am to 3:00 pm; no need for households to register. Residents may drive in to one of six drop off locations on The Big Island, Kaua‘i, Maui, or Oahu to recycle their personal end-of-life electronics. Please click on a site below to view a printable map to its drop-off location. Also, review the list of acceptable ewaste items before you drive to any of the drop-off sites located at:

Your Data

All hard drives and storage devices will be recycled into commodity grade materials such as metals, plastics and glass. Nonetheless, if there is any private or personal information on your device we strongly recommend you to securely erase it prior to recycling. For some suggested secure erasure practices, please visit the following resources:

If the device to be recycled has stored personal information about others, note Hawai’i Revised Statutes 487R: Destruction of Personal Information Records applies to businesses and government agencies in Hawai‘i.

And of course, be sure to back up any data you may need before recycling. Disposal and recycling services are provided courtesy of Apple.

The Drop-off Process

Staff will be on-site to unload ewaste from vehicles.
View this video for an example of the drop off process.

 

What is eWaste and Why Does it Matter?

ewaste is a popular informal name for consumer and business electronic equipment that has reached its useful life cycle. Personal computers in use around the world have surpassed one billion according to Gartner Research; with another billion projected to be added by 2014.

According to The International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER), somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 billion units of electronics will be scrapped during the rest of this decade, an average of about 400 million units per year. All of electronics contain hazardous materials that must be disposed of in an environmentally sensitive approach to avoid being released into our air, ground water, and soil. Hawai‘i’s Biennial Education & Government eWaste Disposal Days program provides an opportunity for safe and environmentally friendly disposal of ewaste; all equipment collected will be processed in North America in an environmentally responsible way.

Thank you for your participation!

People unloading their vehicles of their unwanted electronics.
Image of a reusable computer monitor.

Reuse or Donate

Before recycling your ewaste, check whether it can be reused by someone else. Donate your equipment for reuse to a non-profit charity.

What equipment is acceptable? View the full list.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 billion units of obsolete electronics will be scrapped during the rest of this decade, an average of about 400 million units per year. (International Association of Electronics Recyclers)