HCC §14-142
No littering and how to use public trash cans
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This law makes it illegal to throw or leave litter in any public place in the county. If you use a public or approved private trash can, you must put the litter in so it won't blow out or spill onto streets, sidewalks, or other property.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Littering prohibited; use of public receptacles
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) No person shall scatter, throw, drop, deposit, or place or cause to be scattered, thrown, dropped, deposited, or placed any litter on any highway, street, road, alley, sidewalk, sea beach, public park, or other public place in the County. (b) Any person placing litter in a public receptacle or in an authorized private receptacle shall do so in a manner which prevents the litter from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, or other public place, or upon private property. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 1.) 14-142
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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