Pono Hawaii

Practice Aloha. Be Pono.

Our Mission

Here at Pono, we know that sometimes all it takes to change the world is a little support. Since our founding in 2020, we have been determined to make an impact. We partner with other community organizations across Hawaii to help keep our ocean and beaches clean.

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We focus our efforts on otherwise inaccessible stretches of coastline covered in trash that has washed ashore; hurting wildlife, the local ecology and environment.

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We love the work that Surfrider has done and is doing across Hawaii. What makes us different is that we focus specifically on the less than accessible beaches and ocean areas where they may only be reached by boat or helicopter. This focus allows us to partner with cleanup organizations like Surfrider and provide the resources to collect the consolidated and bagged trash and safely carry it to recycling centers and landfills where it belongs. Our primary focus at Pono is on this transportation, retrieval and recycling whereby we use boats and helicopters to make it possible.