ROAD TO RECYCLING TOUR

FREE Tour Series

Sign up for an exciting bus tour to glimpse a behind-the-scenes look at recycling and waste processing on the garden island. Learn how the local government, schools, and businesses are working together to create model recycling programs.

Tour is free and for residents only. Spaces are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Register by phone at 241-5120. Tours will be accommodated with a private bus. Lunch not provided. Anticipate about $10-$15 for lunch, or you can brown-bag it. Please arrive 15 minutes before scheduled time. Bus will leave on time. Tour scheduled times are approximate and subject to change. Covered shoes are required. Cell phones need to be on vibrate.

To arrange for special assistance or an auxiliary aid, please call 241-5120 or e-mail jyoshida@kauai.gov one week prior to tour date.

Tour 1: Introduction to Recycling
Thursday Jan. 19 & May 17, 2012
8:00am - 3:30pm

Start-finish at the Kauaʻi Resource Center
3460 Ahukini Rd, near the airport in Līhuʻe

8:00 Kauai Resource Center

8:30 Solid Waste Management
4444 Rice St., Lihue
Presentation on the County's ongoing efforts to properly manage and divert waste.

9:30 Garden Isle Disposal
2666 Niumalu Rd, Nāwiliwili
View Kauai's only recycling processing facility where recyclables are collected, processed, and shipped to market. (Zero waste update on bus ride)

11:30-12:30 Kekaha Landfill
6900-A Kaumualii Hwy, Kekaha
Learn what environmental measures are being instituted to manage Kauai's waste in compliance with State and EPA regulations

12:45-1:45 Sustainable Lunch at Waimea Plantation
2:45 Kauaʻi Resource Center
Kauaʻi's one-stop recycling center for HI5 beverage containers, cardboard, mixed paper, #1 & #2 plastics, glass, dry-cell, NiCad & lithium batteries, and used athletic shoes. Līhuʻe Transfer Station.

Tour 2: Recycling in Action
Thursday March 22, 2012
8:30 am - 3:30pm

Start-finish at the Kauaʻi Resource Center
3460 Ahukini Rd., near the airport in Līhuʻe

8:30 Island School
3-1875 Kaumualiʻi Hwy, Lihue
Observe a model of sustainable activities at schools, including cafeteria food waste diversion, recycling programs and an operating aquaponic & vegetable garden.

9:30  Kauaʻi Federal Credit Union
4493 Pahee St.
Learn what a bioswale is, utilization of natural lighting & see business recycling of HI5 & paper waste.

11:00-12:45 Train Ride & Lunch at Gaylord's
3-2087 Kaumualiʻi Hwy, Līhu‘e
A glimpse of the past to the plantation days, where original recycling took place.

1:15 Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi Resort
1571 Poī‘pū Rd., Poīʻpū
See what this resort does to:
Reduce: by using photovoltaic panels to produce clean energy and renting hybrids
Reuse: Usable mattresses, art, furniture, dishes, etc. are sold in fundraisers for local charities.
Recycle: composting 100% of their green-waste; collecting cooking oil that will be processed into biodiesel fuel, placing HI5 bins in all guestrooms, using biodegradable corn-based plastics