Honolulu City and County officials have announced that starting January 31, 2015, the city will no longer be offering trash pickup services to nonresidential and multifamily complexes. This will mean that approximately 110 multifamily complexes and 80 schools, churches and other non profits will have to start paying for their own service. Lori Kahikina, the director for the city's Environmental Services Department wrote letters to the affected properties which stated, "Your property has had the benefit of the city's refuse collection service at no charge for many years while other, similar privately owned properties have had to use private refuse hauling service." Kahikina noted that there are more than 4,000 multifamily buildings and condominiums whose owners are already paying for private service.
Some property managers are concerned that the cost of paying for private hauler will be prohibitive for their residents. For example, the Arbors in Ewa complex stated that it would cost approximately $4,000 monthly for a private hauler to service their 18 trash bins.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 8-11-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
