A major decision regarding the city’s new landfill site is stirring controversy. The city has announced the location for Oahu’s next landfill: a site in Central Oahu. However, critics are raising concerns,

Moreover, city officials say they may have to use eminent domain in order to secure private properties for the next dump — a parcel they say must be about 200 acres in size and viable as a landfill for at least 20 years.

Mayor Rick Blangiardi's administration has chosen a new site to be Oahu's next landfill, taking the obligation from West Oahu to an area of land just west of Dole Plantation near Wahiawa. Matt Weyer,

The city's choice for Oahu's new landfill in the middle of pineapple fields in Wahiawa is causing controversy.

"Nobody wants a landfill in their backyard or near them. But as we just said, we have to have a landfill somewhere."