Company officials said West Hawai'i residents may leave such "e-Waste" at County Transfer Stations but should not put the items down the chutes because they will be collected later for proper disposal.  The company emphasized that this for emergency purposes only.  

For more information, call the County Solid Waste Division at (808) 961-8515.

And hotels and commercial businesses may drop off their eWaste at the Pu'uanahulu landfill.  

These items have been banned from household disposal for some time:    

i Electrical switches and relays – mercury switches that can be found in some chest freezers, pre-1972 washing machines, sump pumps, electric space heaters, clothes irons, silent light switches, automobile hood and trunk lights, and ABS brakes.

i Pilot light sensors – mercury-containing switches found in some gas appliances such as stoves, ovens, clothes dryers, water heaters, furnaces and space heaters.

i Mercury gauges – some gauges, such as barometers, manometers, blood pressure and vacuum gauges, contain mercury.

i Novelties – examples include greeting cards that play music when opened, athletic shoes made before 1997 with flashing lights in soles and mercury maze games.

i Mercury thermometers – mercury thermometers typically contain about a half-gram of mercury. Many health clinics, pharmacies and doctor's offices have thermometer exchange programs that will give you a new mercury-free fever thermometer in exchange for your old one.

i Aerosol cans that contain hazardous materials – many products in aerosol cans are toxic and many aerosol cans contain flammables, like butane, as propellants for products like paint. So don't put them in the trash unless they are completely empty.