Bring phone books to malls for recycling

As new telephone directories are being delivered on Oahu, outdated ones can be recycled at local malls as part of the annual Think Yellow Go Green recycling campaign by Hawaiian Telcom and Yellow Pages publisher The Berry Co.

More than 170,000 directories were recycled last year as part of Think Yellow Go Green.

Residents can drop off their books between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Fridays through Sundays in January at the following locations:

» Kahala Mall, container in the Macy’s Men’s Store parking lot.

» Windward Mall, container in the parking lot fronting Haiku Street.

» Town Center of Mililani, container behind Consolidated Theaters next to Tesoro Gas Express, near Reynolds Recycling.

» Ward Centers, container on the mauka side of the Pier 1 Imports parking lot (corner of Queen and Kamakee streets).

At the end of the campaign, West Oahu Aggregate will take the collected directories to HPOWER for recycling into fuel. To arrange for bulk pickup, call 808-833-2018.

For more information about the recycling program, visit ThinkYellowGoGreen.com. To stop delivery of any print directory, or reduce the number of directories you receive, go to www.yellowpagesoptout.com.

Talk will focus on homesteads

The retired founding president and CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement will discuss Hawaiian homestead issues at an Upcountry Maui meeting open to the public.

Robin Danner, policy chairwoman for the Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly and an Anahola homesteader on Kauai, will speak at noon Jan. 12 at the Keokea Nursery. Topics may include a recent audit of the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the blood quantum required to qualify for homesteads.

The Keokea Homestead Farm Lots Association and the Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association are hosting the free event at the nursery’s open-air building at 9340 Kula Highway. Attendees should bring chairs.

The session will be followed by a potluck lunch. For more information, contact Keokea Treasurer Karen Park at 808-870-3220 or keokeapark@aol.com.

Learn about vital pollinators

An insect expert at the Bishop Museum will talk about how to protect Hawaii’s bees and other pollinators in a public lecture Jan. 21 on Kauai.

Steve Montgomery will speak at 5:30 p.m. at the Kauai Community College Campus Center cafeteria.

Montgomery has been a beekeeper for more than five decades. His talk, sponsored by KCC and the National Tropical Botanical Garden, will look at the vital role of pollinators and how they benefit native ecosystems.

For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations, contact Margaret Clark at 808-332-7324, ext. 225, at least 10 days in advance.