HCC §24-163
Rules for vehicles that pick up falling litter
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that if you have people following your uncontained vehicle to pick up litter that falls out, you do not need a litter containment cover. The pickup must happen while the vehicle is moving or right after. Your pickup vehicle must use four-way flashers, and the litter pickers must wear orange safety vests.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Pick-up vehicles; equipment
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) The provisions of section 24-162 shall not apply to any person who has provided for the pick-up of litter which may drop, sift, leak or otherwise escape from an uncontained vehicle. The pick-up must be accomplished during the time the uncontained vehicle is in transit or immediately thereafter by gleaners following the uncontained vehicle within a reasonable distance. (b) All pick-up vehicles shall be equipped with four-way flashers which shall be in use while the vehicles are in operation, and all gleaners shall be required to wear orange reflectorized safety vests.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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