Honolulu agrees to dispose of tons of baled trash that was to be shipped to Washington state

Honolulu agrees to accept tons of baled trash

HONOLULU — Honolulu has agreed to dispose of 20,000 tons of baled trash that were to be shipped to Washington state.

Acting Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Monday the city and Hawaiian Waste Systems have agreed that the municipal solid waste will mostly be burned in Honolulu’s “H-Power” electricity generating station.

He says what can’t be burned will be taken to the city’s only dump, which is slated to close in 2012.

Caldwell also says the on-again, off-again trash shipping plan no longer appears viable.

He says the baled garbage will be fed into the H-Power furnaces beginning next month. It will take about 20 weeks to completely dispose of the rubbish, which already has been shredded and crushed.