HCC §20-03-04

County owns trash dropped at waste sites

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

Anything you bring to a county waste facility becomes county property. You cannot take things from the facility unless the director says you can. This rule stops people from picking through or removing items.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Salvage of solid waste restricted

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.

Any material delivered or deposited at a SWD facility shall become the property of the County. No person shall separate, collect, carry off, or dispose any article from any County SWD facility unless authorized to do so by the director. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 3.) 20-03-04

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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