Leeward residents say they are tired of illegal dumping and want to put an end to it, so they’ve reached out to representatives in the area to see what can be done.

“They can clean up the road one day and the next night, you’ll find it full of stuff again,” said Calvin Endo, a Waianae resident.

As a way to figure out a solution to the problem, city council member Kymberly Pine, who represents Waianae and Nanakuli, drafted a resolution to evaluate operations at refuse drop-off centers on the west side and get recommendations on improvements.

“We have a serious illegal dumping problem in the Waianae coast and we just want to get to the bottom of it and solve the problem and see if the City can help in some way by expanding its hours,” said Pine.

One of the concerns bought up to the city council include convenience centers closing earlier.

“It seems like the more and more people are taking advantage of the site so the containers are filling up faster,” said Endo. “Many times they have to close down the site because there’s no more room in the containers.”

The City Department of Environmental Services says this is part of procedure.

They say staff will temporarily close the gates, even if there are a line of cars, until an empty bin arrives and the full one is taken to H-Power.

Pine says all options need to be looked at.

“Until we analyze the issue and situations there and actually go out to the facility and see where the issues that are preventing people from just bringing some of their items there… we wont know until we do that,” said Pine.

Pine is requesting the city provide a report of the facilities including operation hours, services and staffing, as well as limits on what you can and can’t bring. She also asks that the report make recommendations to changing policies and operations at drop off centers to encourage legal disposal.