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Honolulu to pilot curbside food‑waste collection in Mililani starting April 1
Summary
The City & County of Honolulu will launch a six‑month GROW pilot on April 1 across selected neighborhoods (including Mililani) to accept food scraps in the green composting cart; material will go to Hawaiian Earth Recycling for in‑vessel processing. Officials warned the pilot excludes some compostable packaging pending PFAS work and emphasized education and contamination controls.
City and County of Honolulu recycling staff on Wednesday outlined a pilot program to accept household food scraps in the green composting cart beginning April 1, 2026, with Mililani among the initial pilot areas.
Henry Gabriel, branch manager for the city's Department of Environmental Services recycling program, said the six‑month Green Recycling Organic Waste (GROW) pilot will accept a broad range of food items — "fruits, vegetables, dairy products, semisolids, solids, yogurts and cheese, breads, baked goods, pasta, rice, meat, seafood, bones, leftover and spoiled food, table scraps, and coffee grounds" — mixed with green yard waste. "We're trying to divert that organic…
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