Hawaii's Landfills

"The clock is ticking for Hawaii's municipal landfills as three out of the state's eight will reach their capacity within the next five years."

Solid waste divisions are desperately searching for new ways to deal with our trash. Suggestions include creating a new landfill or mass burning of trash. According to Hawaii Reporter, Hawaii generates 1.37 tons of solid waste per capita.

Waimanalo Gulch, Oahu's only municipal landfill, only has one year left. Currently the city plans on expanding the Waimanalo Gulch since alternatives and time are scarce. But, an environmental consulting firm called Earth Tech Inc. found that it will take around six and a half years to build a landfill that will last thirty years. Clearly this is not a sustainable path.