{"id":208793,"date":"2025-01-06T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=208793"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:10:52","slug":"tour-de-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/06\/tour-de-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Students participate in ‘Tour de Trash’ exploring O\u02bbahu waste management facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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As the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> aims for zero-waste goals, students got a close up look at how waste is handled on Oʻahu<\/span> through participating in a tour coordinated by the City and County of Honolulu to two waste management facilities: H-POWER and Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in December.<\/p>\n

This initiative, coordinated by the UH<\/abbr> Office of Sustainability<\/a>, in partnership with the Student Sustainability Council, was part of the broader “Tour de Trash” program at UH<\/abbr>, which aims to explore the path of our ʻōpala<\/span> (trash).<\/p>\n

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“The tour de trash was very eye-opening in learning how our waste gets managed and what gets done to it,” said Alexander Ah-Tye, a UH<\/abbr> student participant. “Typically we don\u2019t give throwing away trash a second thought since it’s out of sight and out of mind. Seeing it in person really makes you consider how much waste we produce within our island. It made me a little self-conscious of all the times I have haphazardly thrown tons of non-recyclable and non-renewable materials away.”<\/p>\n

The first stop was H-POWER, a waste-to-energy facility in Kapolei. Participants witnessed how municipal solid waste is incinerated to generate electricity for Oʻahu.<\/span> A highlight was observing crane operators maneuvering massive amounts of waste into the incinerator. H-POWER processes approximately 700 tons of waste annually, showcasing its role in reducing landfill reliance while generating renewable energy.<\/p>\n

The second stop was the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill, which manages the final destination for Oʻahu\u2019s<\/span> non-recyclable waste. Participants noted the landfill\u2019s operations and commitment to minimizing its environmental impact.<\/p>\n

“This tour was designed to give students a firsthand look at how our waste is managed and transformed into energy,” said Ruby Aliason, UH<\/abbr> Office of Sustainability event organizer. “By seeing these processes up close, we hope to inspire students to think critically about waste reduction and sustainability efforts on campus and beyond.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tour included visits to two waste management facilities: H-POWER and Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1466,1314,1038,672,73,947],"class_list":["post-208793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-office-of-sustainability","tag-renewable-energy","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208793"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208819,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208793\/revisions\/208819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}