Turn in human scavengers, says city’s recycling honcho

By June Watanabe

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

~~Question: I was driving to work one morning, and it was pickup day for recyclables with all the blue containers out in front of the houses. I noted an individual working his way down the street and removing all the HI-5 components from the containers. Is this permitted? If not, who should we call? What does the City and County of Honolulu do with the HI-5 items?
Answer: The short answers: Call police if you see someone taking the recyclable containers; the city uses the money generated by all the collected recyclables to offset operational costs.
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Question: I was driving to work one morning, and it was pickup day for recyclables with all the blue containers out in front of the houses. I noted an individual working his way down the street and removing all the HI-5 components from the containers. Is this permitted? If not, who should we call? What does the City and County of Honolulu do with the HI-5 items?

Answer: The short answers: Call police if you see someone taking the recyclable containers; the city uses the money generated by all the collected recyclables to offset operational costs. Login for more...