In July of 1990, the small windward community of Lanikai, O'ahu, bade farewell to its homegrown recycling program and welcomed the offer of the City and County of Honolulu to take over with once-a-week curbside pickup. The Lanikai Association had seen its third-Saturday collection expand to the point where monthly sales of recyclables were bringing in (after expenses) about $500, which the association used for park improvements, refuse cans along paths to the beach, and other amenities. People from outside Lanikai were participating, bringing not only aluminum cans, glass and old newspapers, but also plastics, magazines, and color-sorted office paper.