ROH §6-49.2
Where trash and recycling money goes
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says that all money the city's trash and recycling services bring in must be put into a special city fund. It also splits that money into three separate accounts for recycling, glass recycling, and the big waste-to-energy facility.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Deposits into fund
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.
There will be deposited into the solid waste special fund all revenues, fees, income, and any other moneys derived from the operation of the refuse division, as well as all other moneys received on behalf of the refuse division, including without limitation:
(1) All moneys collected pursuant to § 42-4.2 (e) and any interest earned on such moneys, which will be credited to the “recycling account”;
(2) All moneys as may accrue to the glass recycling program, including all moneys received from the State department of health, for the operation of the city's glass recycling program, and any interest earned on such moneys, which will be credited to the “glass incentive account”; and
(3) All moneys derived from the operation of the Solid Waste Disposal and Energy and Materials Recovery Project established by Ordinance 85-90, as amended, including without limitation all fees for disposal of waste at the Project and income derived from the sale of energy produced from the Project and materials recovered from waste processed at the Project, and any interest earned on such moneys, which will be credited to the “Honolulu solid waste disposal facility account.”
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