Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Yesterday’s trip to the Green Waste dump here on Maui was like visiting a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie set.

A cloudy sky with patches of blue showing. Below a very large pile of green waste sits on dry dirt with coconut husks and pallets lying beside it. Debris blows through the air.

The trade winds were blowing strong and a machine was turning over the pile of composting waste, sending debris blowing everywhere. As I got out of the truck, waste blew into the truck before I could get the door closed. It blew into my face and under my sun glasses as I tried to get my green waste out of the back of the truck. I sort of adopted a sideways stance to counter what was blowing so violently through the air.

Opening the truck door again blew more waste in. I put the air conditioning full on to clear the air as I drove away.

A truck sits dwarfed by two huge piles of compost sitting on dry earth. A machine turns the compost over, sending debris flying through the air. Above is a cloudy sky.

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