03-01-2015, 05:34 PM
The folks who run the collection center on Pahoa Village Road (Business Services Hawaii) used to have the contract at the transfer station but apparently lost the contract when Atlas (I think) outbid them somehow. Personally I like the fact that they are there every day during business hours (not like every other day at the "official transfer stations" and they don't close for lunch like they do at the transfer sites.
A couple of years ago when BSH was running the redemption center on Apa'a I asked one of the women what they do about all the HI-5 Bottles I see getting recycled along with all the other not redemption glass in the 30 yard dumpsters. She told me they do a presort back at their facility and donate all the money to local charities. I can't remember who got the money back then but she gave me a figure of around $35,000 for the year if I remember correctly.
A couple of years ago when BSH was running the redemption center on Apa'a I asked one of the women what they do about all the HI-5 Bottles I see getting recycled along with all the other not redemption glass in the 30 yard dumpsters. She told me they do a presort back at their facility and donate all the money to local charities. I can't remember who got the money back then but she gave me a figure of around $35,000 for the year if I remember correctly.