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Takeout Boxes Are Filling Landfills. This Town Has A Plan To Phase Them Out

The program will use 3.7 million dollars in seed funding and 100 return bins to replace disposable takeoutware with washable steel containers.

Summary by Civil Beat
As Hawaiʻi island prepares to enact a ban on single-use plastic serviceware, a coalition in Hilo is rolling out the nation’s first comprehensive city-wide reuse program with over $3 million in seed funding.

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Civil Beat broke the news in Honolulu, United States on Monday, July 13, 2026.
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