No laws regulate collection of trash during wee hours

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 15, 2012

~~<p>Question: Are there any rules/laws that restrict how early a private refuse company can pick up either recycling items or trash? I’ve called the city Department of Customer Services and was given a contact number at the Police Department, but no one called back. I called the private refuse company but have not gotten a response and the company continues to pick up the recycling items between 3:45 and 5 a.m. on Kewalo Street. They roll the bins from the garage area to the truck, then dump the bins into the truck, creating a lot of noise, especially the glass bottles.</p>
<p>Answer: Early trash pickup by private companies is a complaint in many areas, especially in urban neighborhoods with a lot of apartment and condominium buildings where the noise reverberates upward.</p>
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Question: Are there any rules/laws that restrict how early a private refuse company can pick up either recycling items or trash? I’ve called the city Department of Customer Services and was given a contact number at the Police Department, but no one called back. I called the private refuse company but have not gotten a response and the company continues to pick up the recycling items between 3:45 and 5 a.m. on Kewalo Street. They roll the bins from the garage area to the truck, then dump the bins into the truck, creating a lot of noise, especially the glass bottles.

Answer: Early trash pickup by private companies is a complaint in many areas, especially in urban neighborhoods with a lot of apartment and condominium buildings where the noise reverberates upward. Login for more...