Stewards of the ʻĀina

07/30/2026

🌿 Join us in caring for our island—one pickup at a time. ♻️

Stewards of the ʻĀina is a donation-based, community-driven recycling program making it easier for West Hawaiʻi residents to recycle right from home!

We provide convenient biweekly (2x a month) curbside pickup for:

• HI-5 bottles & cans
• All glass
• Flattened cardboard & paperboard
• Paper bags
• Household batteries
• Small electronics & cables

We believe caring for our ʻāina is everyone’s kuleana. Together, we can reduce waste, protect our island home, and preserve Hawaiʻi for future generations.

💚 Become a steward today!
📲 Sign up at www.stewardsoftheaina.org

Mahalo for helping keep Hawaiʻi beautiful! 🌺

06/29/2026

🌺 Aloha West Hawaii Ohanas! Let’s make recycling easier together! ♻️

Help mālama our island by joining our donation-based curbside recycling program. We’re making it simple for every ʻohana to recycle right from home.

✅ We provide the bins
✅ Curbside pickup every other week
✅ Accepts HI-5 bottles & cans, glass, cardboard, paper bags, batteries & e-waste

🌱 Become a Steward today:
www.stewardsoftheaina.org

Together, we can keep Hawaiʻi clean, protect our ʻāina, and create a brighter future for our keiki. 🌺🤲🌱

We believe that caring for creation is our kuleana — a sacred responsibility passed onto us from our ancestors. It should be an honor to serve the land that sustains us — to give back to the ʻāina that gives us life. That’s why, through our convenient recycling programs we make living the va...

05/22/2026

🌱♻️ BIG NEWS AT KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL ♻️🌱

A huge milestone for our community! Leonardo Lenta- youth founder and inspiration behind Stewards of the Aina, has officially launched a new student-led recycling program at Kealakehe High School! 🙌🌺

Through this young leaders initiative, dedication, and leadership, recycling bins have now been placed in multiple locations across campus to encourage students to recycle HI-5 bottles and cans while learning fun sustainability facts along the way. 🌎💚

This project is about more than recycling — it’s about empowering youth to take ownership in caring for our islands and inspiring conscious sustainability habits for future generations. Every bottle recycled helps reduce landfill waste and protect our oceans and ʻāina. 🌊♻️

Even better, funds generated from the HI-5 recyclables will be donated back into the school system to help support future student programs and campus initiatives. 📚🙏

We are incredibly proud to see young leaders stepping up and proving that one person truly can create a ripple effect of positive change throughout an entire school and community. 🤙🌱

05/19/2026

Aloha West Hawaiʻi ‘Ohanas! 🌺🤙

Recycling on Big Island has never been easier with Stewards of the ʻĀina’s curbside recycling pickup program!

Our donation-based program gives every ʻohana the opportunity to make recycling simple and convenient right from home. Every pickup helps divert waste from our landfills and supports our mission to preserve the beauty of our islands for future generations.

We currently accept:

♻️ HI-5 bottles & cans
♻️ All Glass
♻️ Cardboard/ Paperboard/ Paperbags
♻️ Batteries
♻️ Small e-waste devices & cables

Bi-Weekly Pickup Schedule

📍 Kona: 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month
📍 Waikoloa: 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month

We provide the bins and give text message pick up reminders! 🙌

Together, we can mālama ʻāina — one pickup at a time. 🌎♻️🩵

Sign up at:
www.stewardsoftheaina.org

04/01/2026

🌿 Aloha kākou! 🌿

Come join us this Saturday at the Waikoloa Community Market Zero Waste Day! ♻️🌺

Come talk story, connect with our community, and join us as a Steward of the Aina by signing up for our donation based curbside recycling program—where we aim to make living the value of Mālama ʻĀina easy and accessible for everyone!

🎉🎉Come sign up and be entered for your chance to win a FREE 36oz YETI Rambler!🎉🎉

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♻️🌺RECYCLE WITH ALOHA!🌺♻️

• Bi-Weekly Curbside Pickup
• All HI-5 Bottles & Cans
• Wine Bottles / All Glass
• Cardboard/ Paperboard/ Paperbags
• Household Batteries
• E-Waste (small devices, cords, cables)

💚 We are a donation-based program, your support helps fund a mission rooted in stewardship, community, and caring for Ke Akua’s land and sea.

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🙌💚Together, we protect our ʻāina, our oceans, and our keiki’s future.

03/08/2026

🌺🎉 Congratulations to our new member Lynne M. for winning our Aloha Gift Basket Giveaway! 🎉🌺

Mahalo to everyone who stopped by our booth and signed up for Stewards of the ʻĀina donation based curbside recycling. Your support helps us keep our community clean and protect our beautiful island. 🌎♻️

We loved meeting all of you at the Waikoloa Community Farmers Market, and we’re excited to keep the giveaways and community events coming!

🌿 Stay tuned for more gift giveaways, free swag, and upcoming farmers market events!

If you haven’t signed up yet, you can still join our growing recycling community!

👉 SIGN UP AT:
🌱 www.stewardsoftheaina.org

Let’s Mālama ka ʻĀina together and be part of something bigger — every small action makes a big difference.

Mahalo nui loa! 🌺♻️

02/19/2026

This is what community-powered recycling looks like! 💚♻️🌍🙌

We created this simple guide to make living the value of Mālama ʻĀina EASY for everyone.

Every correctly sorted bin helps:
🌊 Protect our oceans
🌋 Reduce landfill waste
🌱 Keep our program sustainable

Big mahalo to all our Stewards of the ʻĀina!

Become a Steward Today!
Sign up at:
👉 www.stewardsoftheaina.org

02/10/2026