KA HŌKEO HOʻIHOʻI
Hilo Reusable Foodware System
About the Project
Zero Waste Hawaiʻi Island is working in partnership with Perpetual to facilitate the design and implementation of a reusable foodware system in Hilo, (they are working with four small US cities, including Hilo). This program would prevent waste from being created by establishing a system to reuse takeout cups and containers. A reusable system for foodware functions by having a service provider that collects, sanitizes and redistributes containers back to vendors to be reused.
The Hawaiʻi County recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program to support this project.
ZWHI and Perpetual are currently in the community engagement phase of this project which they anticipate will continue until the end of 2023. If you would like to stay engaged with this program as it develops, you can sign up for our newsletter here.
