Honolulu Trash Schedule 2023 (Holidays, Bulk Pickup and Recycling)

Honolulu (Zip: 96795) is a city in Hawaii, in the United States. Just like other American cities, Honolulu offers its residents a trash collection program through which the citizens can get rid of their daily household trash, recyclables, hazardous waste and bulky items.

Following are the details about the Honolulu trash schedule.

Honolulu Trash Pickup Schedule

Trash collection in Honolulu starts at 6 am on your pickup day and hence you can place the carts from 6 pm the day before until this time.

However, the collection days across the city may vary depending upon the part of the city you live in.

To find your street’s trash pickup schedule, enter your address by clicking on the map below and you’ll get your curbside pickup days.

Honolulu Trash Schedule

Honolulu Trash Pickup Holidays

Honolulu does not pick up trash on the following public holidays, and the collection will instead take place a day or two days later.

  • Christmas Day
  • New Year’s Day

Bulky Item Pickup Honolulu

Heavy item or bulk collection in the city of Honolulu takes place once every month. However, one must schedule an appointment first in order to have bulky items picked up.

To get an appointment, fill out this bulky item appointment form, in which you’ll be asked about your home street and address.

Bulky items are those which are too heavy and large to be placed inside regular trash bins. These items include mattresses, furniture like chairs, tables and sofas, carpets and rugs etc.

Honolulu Recycling Schedule

Curbside recycling takes place every week in Honolulu, with blue and green carts being emptied on alternating weeks. Green carts include recyclables like newspaper, office paper and magazines, envelopes and wrapping paper, construction paper, junk mail, books and paper bags, catalogs, tin, aluminum, and some other metal cans etc.

As for the green carts, they should include green waste or yard waste like grass clippings, small tree branches, brush, leaves and christmas trees etc. 

Check Complete Honolulu Recycling Schedule from here: https://opala.hnl.info/refuse_collection/

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Recyclables in Honolulu include e waste, newspaper, magazines and other forms of paper, cardboard, some forms of plastic, tin, aluminum, and some other metal cans.

Bulky trash can be picked up in Honolulu by scheduling an appointment. To schedule the bulk collection appointment, fill out this form.

Recap – Honolulu Trash Schedule

Garbage collection in the city of Honolulu takes place weekly, just like the recycling collection, however the days for both the two pickups differ.

You can check out your detailed weekly schedule by entering your address at the map or by simply choosing the right location from that collection map.

Here’s what to do if you miss the trash.