Oahu Community Recycling provides affordable, easy recycling services for homes across the island. See our pickup schedule here.
Our subscription cost for residential customers is only $30 per month, billed annually.
Your recycling bins: two 18 gallon bins (property of Oahu Community Recycling).
Bin 1: Office papers, white papers, corrugated cardboards
Bin 2: Aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles/containers
You will need to separate your recyclables into the two bins for pickup every other week. Simply leave them at the curb before 8am on your scheduled recycle pickup day and we’ll do the rest!
Recyclables We Accept
Flattened Corrugate Cardboard
Flattened boxes must to be corrugated cardboard, which is the thick kind used for storage and packing boxes. NO larger than 3’x3′ cardboards, NO food residue. NO milk or soy milk cartons. PLEASE BAG OR TIE CARDBOARDS.
Colored Papers
White Papers
Colored paper, white paper and newspaper can be place in plastic bag or box
NO paper towels, NO food residue, NO blueprints.
Plastics Beverage Containers #1 & #2
At this time, only those plastics that have a #1 or a #2 on them, can be recycled in Hawaii. Look for a small recycling symbol with the number inside it, usually on the underside of the container. Plastic containers should be rinsed and crushed. NO lids/caps, NO any other kind of plastic.
Glass Bottles/Jars
Aluminum Cans
Aluminum cans can be crushed, and glass containers must be empty, it helps us if all containers are rinsed. NO aluminum foil/pie plates, NO lids/caps, NO steel/tin cans.
Non Recyclables (We Don’t Accept)
Newspapers
Plastic Bags
Plastic grocery bags can be recycled at your local Safeway store. They usually have a collection bag at the entrance.
Steel/Tin Cans
Steel/tin cans from cat food, tuna, sauces, vegetables, etc. can be disposed in your trash.
All Plastics Clamshell Food Containers, Magazines and Non-corrugated Cardboards
Cereal Boxes, Kleenex, paper towels, and blueprints are not accepted for OCR residential recycling program.
*********Items with food residue may not be accepted.**************
