✈️ Visitor Compost Drop-Off: Be a Hero (Not a Tourist Zero)
Kauaʻi’s landfill is fuller than the Costco parking lot on a Saturday—and we’re fresh out of backup plans.
But you? You’re part of the solution.
Every mango pit, coffee ground, or poke bowl leftovers you drop off = VIP treatment for the ‘āina.
 
How It Works - The Garden Isle Visitors "GIV" Program:
 
✅ CAN: All food scraps— yes, even meat & bones!.❌ NO CAN: Plastic (👋no produce stickers), sketchy/questionable paper (glossy/waxy = nope), tea bags (surprise! many are plastic), or garbage items (gloves, rubber bands, forks 🤨).
 
Drop-Off Spots (exact address shared in your order confirmation email):📍 North Shore: Kilauea📍 Central: Lihue
 
BYOC (Bring Your Own Container) Pro Tips:We don’t provide buckets, but we do make it easy.
 
1️⃣ COLLECT SCRAPS LIKE A PRO:
Use doubled-up brown paper bags or repurpose takeout containers, cereal boxes, etc.
Frozen food scraps = zero stink, zero guilt
2️⃣ TRANSPORT WITHOUT THE TRAUMA:
Toss your stash in a cooler, tote, or cardboard box (keep that rental car smelling like nice).
3️⃣ DROP-OFF LIKE A BOSS:
At our sites, use one of our Biobag liners and dump your scraps DIRECTLY into our buckets.
Seal the lid like your protecting the last malasada! 🍩
 
Why Bother?
You came for the waterfalls, not the waste.
Composting = less trash in our landfill, more love for the land.
Plus, future pineapples will thank you. 🌱
 
Staying longer than 3 weeks? Email us at aloha@compostkauai.org for long-term visitor rates.
 
Mahalo for keeping Kauaʻi green—one avocado pit at a time! ♻️Questions? We’ve got answers: aloha@compostkauai.org.