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HCC §15-30

Rules for trash, waste, and public cleanliness

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section sets rules for getting rid of trash and waste in the county. You must use approved places or containers, and you cannot dump waste in wrong spots. It also bans polluting water and using public restrooms improperly.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Sanitation and refuse regulations

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) All garbage, papers, cans, bottles, waste materials, and rubbish of any kind must be burned in authorized fires or disposed of only at points or places designated for the disposal thereof, or removed from the area. All noncombustible waste materials shall be deposited only in places designated for the disposal of such materials or removed from the area. Removal of refuse or garbage from refuse containers and removal or relocation of such containers, except by authorized persons, are prohibited. (b) Draining or dumping refuse or wastes from any trailer or other vehicle except in places or receptacles provided for such use is prohibited. (c) Cleaning food or washing clothing or articles of household use is permitted only in designated areas. (d) Polluting or contaminating in any manner any watershed, water supplies, or water used for drinking purposes is prohibited. (e) Fish entrails or other inedible parts of fish may be disposed of into salt waters except within two hundred feet of boat docks or swimming areas but shall not be thrown into fresh waters or onto park area lands in areas of public concentration. (f) Depositing any body waste in or on any portion of any comfort station or other public structure except into fixtures provided for that purpose is prohibited. Placing any bottle, can, cloth, rag, metal, wood, or stone substances in any of the plumbing fixtures in such station or structure is prohibited. All comfort stations shall be used in a clean, sanitary, and orderly manner. (g) Urinating or defecating other than at the place provided therefor is prohibited, except in backcountry, wilderness, or other remote areas. (h) Using government refuse containers or other refuse facilities for dumping household or commercial garbage or trash brought as such from private property is prohibited.
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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