All over,
more better.
Get your to-go in a stainless steel Hoʻi dish, then bring it back to da kine.
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Introducing:
The Hoʻi Returnable Dish Program
Supporting ʻohana, businesses, and organizations to keep our wahi clean, our food fresh, and our community connected.
Free for customers
Only pay if you don’t return your dishes within 7 days.
Easy to return
Choose from a growing number of Return Points across Hilo.
More better
Cleaner for the land, better for the people.
Take me back to da kine.
Want to offer Hoʻi to your customers?
How To Ho‘i
Hoʻi replaces “throw away kine” single-use dishes with stainless steel bowls, trays and cups that are checked out and returned like library books.
The program supports everyday people to ʻauamo kuleana - to more easily care for the land by making less rubbish, all while enjoying quality eating and drinking experiences with dishes that are made to last.
Use the Hoʻi Partner Map
Find participating businesses and Return Points across Hilo.
Download the Hoʻi (Vytal) app
Get return reminders, find nearby Return Points, and manage your dishes all in one place.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No, to use Hoʻi you just “Tap-to-Borrow” with your payment method at checkout. The Vytal app is optional and helps with reminders, return locations, details on your checkouts and all the positive impacts you’ve made by choosing Hoʻi. (Download it here).
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When a food & beverage establishment (restaurant, juice-bar, food truck, etc.) becomes a Hoʻi Partner, their customers can check-out Hoʻi dishes for free, as long as the customer returns the dish to a return point within 7 days. Click here to learn how families, communities, and schools can pay to use Hoʻi dishes in programs, pāʻina (parties), family gatherings, and more.
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At any Hoʻi Return Point across town. Participating food & beverage establishments have Hoʻi Return Points in their establishments, and there are 100 public Return Points on sidewalks and in parks. See the Hoʻi Partner Map here
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Yes! All dishes are commercially washed, sanitized, and inspected at our Hawaiʻi State Department of Health-approved facility before going back into circulation.
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Click here to learn how families, communities, and schools can pay to use Hoʻi dishes in programs, pāʻina, parties, family gatherings, and more.