ROH §42-1.6
Don't take or move trash or recycling that's set out for pickup
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This rule says you cannot take, move, collect, haul, or transport trash, green waste, or recyclables that someone has put out for pickup. Only the owner, city workers on duty, or a licensed collector can do that. If bulky waste is put out too early, the property owner must remove it.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Disturbing receptacles prohibited
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
No person shall:
(1) Remove or disturb any refuse, green waste, and other recyclable materials as designated by the director from the place where the same has been placed for collection;
(2) Collect or haul away any refuse, green waste, and other recyclable materials as designated by the director from the place where the same has been placed for collection;
(3) Transport any refuse, green waste, and other recyclable materials as designated by the director; provided that authorized persons may remove, disturb, collect, haul away, or transport any refuse from the place where the same has been placed for collection. For purposes of this section, “authorized persons” means:
(A) Owner;
(B) Division employees during authorized working hours; or
(C) Licensed collector.
(4) This section shall not apply to bulky wastes placed on the street or sidewalk earlier than the evening before the scheduled day of collection, in which case the property owner or the association of apartment owners of the abutting property shall remove and store such bulky wastes in accordance with § 42-1.4 (d).
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