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Honolulu to pilot GROW food‑waste composting program in Mililani and six other communities
Summary
The City and County of Honolulu will launch GROW, a pilot organics-collection program on April 1, 2026, in seven areas including Mililani; the city will accept a wide list of food scraps — including meat — and will send material to contractor Hawaiian Earth27s in‑vessel facility in Wahiawa.
The Department of Environmental Services on Tuesday outlined a new city pilot that will collect food scraps and green waste from curbside carts beginning April 1, 2026.
Henry Gabriel, a recycling-branch representative, told Mililani Mauka Laonani Neighborhood Board 35 the program — called GROW (Green Waste Recycling/Organics Waste) — will start as a six-month pilot in Waipahu, Nanakuli, Hawaii Kai, Mililani (both Mauka and Town), Kailua and Kalihi, with plans to expand island-wide after the pilot.
"We want your wasted food in our green composting cart," Gabriel said. He added the city's contractor, Hawaiian Earth, uses an in-vessel system that can process items…
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