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The Conversation

The Conversation: New landfill site needed for Oʻahu's trash; Year-end reflections on the Red Hill crisis

By Catherine Cruz,

Russell Subiono

Published December 29, 2022 at 2:32 PM HST

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A truck dumps automobile scraps at Waimānalo Gulch Landfill in 2020.

Roger Babcock, Director of the City’s Environmental Services Department, reveals the challenges of finding a new landfill site on Oʻahu | Full Story
Wayne Tanaka, Director of Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi, thanks the community for standing up in protection of Oʻahu's drinking water | Full Story
Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Kevin Dayton reports on the continued fight for video cameras at women's prisons | Full Story
Thomas Hanns from the Hawaiian Humane Society speaks to The Conversation about keeping pets safe during holiday festivities | Full Story
The Conversation learns how to run a 90-year-old family business from Jana Kaholoaʻa of Hawaiʻi Island's Holy's Bakery | Full Story

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Catherine Cruz

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Russell Subiono

Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, Russell Subiono has spent the last decade working in local film, television and radio. He was previously the executive producer of The Conversation and host of HPR's This Is Our Hawaiʻi podcast. Contact him at rsubiono@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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