HOUSE COMBUSTIBLE WASTEDISPOSAL CHARGE
EXPLANATORY MEETING FOR THE
RESIDENTS (CHARGES)HIGASHIURA TOWN

What is house combustible waste disposal charge?
Depends on the quantity of waste that you will dispose, this is a system that youwill pay a part of charges for disposing and collecting of waste. Upon purchasing
the specified garbage bag, charges are already included on it.
【At present】

Until March 31, 2019

Specified garbage bag price =manufacturing cost of specified garbage bag + store profit※ Collection of waste, transportation and disposal of waste are paid from the taxes.

【New】

From April 1, 2019

Specified garbage bag price = waste disposal charge（Collection of waste, transportation and a part of waste disposal charge ）※The manufacturing cost of garbage bag is from the taxes.
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Starting on April 1, 2019, the price of thespecified garbage bag will be change.
（１）The color of the specified garbage bag at present is color[translucent blue] and will be change to color [translucent white].

（２）Price from the store.
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bluetranslucentwhite

AT PRESENTPrice from the store.
10 pcs./ setNEW
Price from the store.
10 pcs./setL（45ℓ）¥ 100 ※１

¥ 450 ※２M（30ℓ）¥ 80 ※１¥ 300 ※２S（20ℓ）¥ 70 ※１¥ 200 ※２SIZE※１ Different shops※２ Same in all shops

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Objective of house combustible waste
disposal charge① To reduce waste.

② Fairness in citizen’s burden.
③ To reduce the financial burden.
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HIGASHIURA TOWN WASTE DISPOSALCHARGE
Heisei Year 28 Nendo（ unit : ¥ 1,000）

expenses

waste
item disposal
expensescost

122,758

resource
waste
disposal
expenses

109,594

total

per person ￥6,045

balanceincome
Amount ofToubu Chita
sold
Clean Center
resource
expenses
waste

105,718

13,232

338,070
Per household（expenses－income ）Amount ofsold garbage
bag

20,07733,309304,761￥15,069
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Total quantity of household waste（burnable waste + non-burnable waste +resource waste + bulk waste）
ｔ
14,00013,50013,00012,932

12,768
12,611

12,50012,245

12,24912,681

12,00012,147

11,50011,00010,50010,000
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23

24

25

26

27

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Year
5

resource wasteｔ

年度
6

non-burnable waste
ｔ
400
350
300

351

355
320

324

274
255

250

263

200
150
100
500222324252627

28Year7burnable wasteｔ
10,000
9,800

9,600
9,400

9,200
9,000

8,996

9,004

9,026
9,079

9,067

2425

9,089

9,043

2728 Year

8,800
8,600

8,400
8,200

8,000
2223268

Quantity of waste once a dayfor 1 person
g
550
545
540
535
530

528

530

5365305275282728524525
520
515510505
5002223242526Year
9REGARDING THE CONFIGURATION OF
HANDLING FEE○uantity of waste once in a day for 1 person.

Ministry of Environment Year 2020（Heisei 32 nendo ）Target 500g
Decision was made this year of June. Year 2025（Heisei 37 nendo）
Target about 440g
Higashiura Town Year 2016（Heisei 28 nendo）result

528g

In case that the quantity of household waste decreased in 20 percent＜Quantity of waste once in a day for 1 person. ＞

528g

429g
10BURNABLE WASTE FEE AND WASTE
EMISSIONCONTROL
RATE
35%

Emission control rate

30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%

～0.49

0.5～0.99

１～1.491.5～1.99 2.0～2.49

2.5～（円yen /L）Price levelsource：一般廃棄物処理有料化の手引き（環境省）

11・「Price of handling charge and emission control rate」
・「Condition of waste disposal charge in the nearcity or town. 」

The waste disposal charge for 1 liter ofgarbage bag is ¥1.
SIZE

waste disposal charge

L（45ℓ）￥45

M（30ℓ）￥30S（20ℓ）￥2012Regarding the burden of household.
＜If 2 pieces of 45 (L) garbage bag will be used in a week.＞
amountweekamountannual totalmonthly total

before charge ￥1052week￥1,040--￥4552week￥4,680 ＋￥3,640

after charge

＋￥304

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REGARDING THE PRESENTGARBAGE BAG
The present garbage bag (translucent blue)
cannot be able to use anymore from April 1, 2019 forburnable waste.
Please purchase a new garbage bag.
However, plastic bags for [containers and packaging made of plastic]
are possible to use even after April 1, 2019.

【IN CASE THAT GARBAGE BAGS WAS LEFT AND NOT USED】
The garbage bag [translucent blue] that was not used areplanned to be purchase by the town after April 1, 2019.
Information about this will be announced after the decision
was made.
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REGARDING THE SELLING OF THE NEW
SPECIFIED GARBAGE BAG
Period of selling of specified garbage bag .
Starting from February,2019.

Place where you can purchase the garbage bag.
You can buy the specified garbage bag from thedesignated stores. After the decision was made,we will inform about this at the town home pageetc.
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WASTE THAT ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR
WASTE DISPOSAL CHARGE（１）diaper

Put the diaper in a transparent plastic
bag or semi transparent plastic bag. Use amarker for writing the word [kamiomutsu] on it then dispose it at the at“gomi station” .
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WASTE THAT ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR
WASTE DISPOSAL CHARGE（２） Voluntary Cleaners of “gomi station”

Will be offered to community membersof the town or registered volunteer
groups.

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CHANGES ON HOW TO THROW
THE WASTE ①
Ways on how to throw “brunches” at gomi station.
Put the brunches inside the specified garbage bag.
The width must be 5cm.
[In case that it is difficult to put the branches insidethe garbage bag.]
The length must be 60cm and the width is less 40cm.
Tighten it together with a large sizeof garbage bag.
40cm

60cm

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CHANGES ON HOW TO THROW
THE WASTE ②
Ways on how to throw “futon”
Put the futon in a specified garbage bag andthrow.
[In case that it is difficult to put in the specifiedgarbage bag]
Fold it one by one, tighten together
with a large size of specified garbage bag.
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REGARDING THE REDUCING OF WASTE
REDUCETo live without waste and reduce.
REUSE

To reuse things without throwing it away if it still
can be use.
RECYCLEFor the effective use of limited resource waste anduse as materials again.
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～REGARDING FOOD LOSS ～REDUCE
Food loss is food that is discarded or lost uneaten.
In Japan, one person is wasting a bowl of food everyday.
[ ① [Do not buy too much] , [use all] ,[eat all] .
[ ② [Learn the difference of [Expiration Date]and [Best Before/ Sell by date] .
SHOUMIKIGEN –BEST BEFORESHOUHIKIGEN- EXPIRATION DATE
Product that is easy of deteriorating inThis indicates when the product is thequality.
freshness. It does not mean that product that
This is a period that you can safety eat the passed sell-by date cannot be eaten. It is stillfood. It is safe if you will not eat the food safe to eat like, snack, cup noodles etc.
that was already expired on date. Likelunch box–bentou, sandwiches, cake etc.
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REDUCE～REDUCING OF “NAMA GOMI” RAW GARBAGE～
30 percent of burnable waste come from the household’s “namagomi” raw garbage.
Reducing the “nama gomi- raw garbage ” can help the waste easily toburn. ASPA is possible for composting of raw garbage.

REDUCE～REDUCING THE QUANTITY OF BRANCHES～In the town of Higashiura, a branch crusher (cutting machine)
is implemented and free to borrow for recycling brunches of trees.
These brunches will be cut into pieces,can spread it in the garden and effective in reducing dust.
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REUSE～ECO ACTIVITY ～① Let’s use free market or recycle shop.
② It is better if we will use refillable things.
Example: shampoo, detergent soap, ink

REDUCE
Refrain from using disposable goods.
Example: paper plate, paper cup

RECYCLE～WASTE EDIBLE OIL ～Each community center and shuukaijyou are implementing thecollection of waste edible oil (except Fujie area) .
Edible oil must be hardened and thrown away as combustible waste.
But please cooperate in the expansion of resource collection in a
separate collection.
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Envelope, memo pad, notebook etc
RECYCLE

20 percent of possible recycled waste are mixed
in burnable waste.
Put the small paper and paper bags together
in an envelope and easy to throw as a typeof magazine or information magazine.

※Packages with a color of silver,
water proof made (paper cup, ice cream cup etc.) , carbon
paper (home delivery voucher etc.) , thermal paper (receiptetc.) and photos can be thrown as burnable waste.
24RESOURCE WASTE IN BURNABLE WASTE
In the year 2017 month of May, we surveyed the contents inside thehousehold burnable waste. The result was 30 percent of resource
waste like [plastic containers, packaging, paper] was mixed to burnablewaste.
＜resource waste ratio＞＜Ratio of all garbage.＞resource
waste

36%

burnable
waste

64%

item

PapersContainers andpackaging made ofplastic

ratio（％）

4538

item

Clothes

Bottles

Plastic
bottles

metalsratio（％）

862

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RECYCLE～HOW TO THROW THE
SMALL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES～[TOUSHI KOZAN KARA TSUKURU ! MINNA NO METAL PROJECT]
From the month of September, 2017 collection of small electric appliances
was implemented with a purpose of producing medals
for the Tokyo Olympic / Paralympic 2020.
[PLACE ]：Town Office main building 1st floor , each area of Community Center ,Moriokadai Shuukaikjyo, Higashigaoka Shuukaijyo, Ken Ei Higashiura Juutaku Shuukaijyo,
Ishihama Naka Shuukaijyo .

[Possible things for collection]：
Small electric appliances with the size of 1cm in lenght 15cm× 40cm in width.
Things that is possible to insert in the inlet.
Example : computer , extension cord , remote control, car navigation , video
recorder, audio recorder, fax, music player , mobile phone , iron, hair drier etc.

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RECYCLE～ Feather futon ～Will be collected as recyclable waste from the monthof January, 2019 .
The place of collection is located at “jousetsu shigen station” of thetown office.
【What to collect】
Down rate are more than 50 percent of feather futon.
Regarding the feather futon, confirm the quality indication anddispose.
※Other than down rate below 50 percent, with dirt, cotton futon,feather futon, futon (down jacket) are not possible for collection.
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Influence of typhoon
Collection day might bechanged on the year-end, New
Year holidays, and bad weatherday, so please check the public
information, etc.
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REGARDING THE ENTERPRISE
WASTE
Only the household waste can be collected. Waste
from the enterprise is not possible for collection andmust not be thrown at the “gomi station” of the area.
< PROCEDURE ON HOW TO THROW THE GARBAGE(FROM ENTERPRISE) >①Directly bring the garbage at Tobu Chita CleanCenter.
②Request the town licensor for collection of waste.
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To reduce waste.
If you throw it away, garbage .If you separate it,resource.
Use this as a watch word and we are asking foryour cooperation in separation and reducing ofwaste.
Please follow the rules of house combustible waste
disposal charge. We are sorry for the inconvenienceand hoping for your nice cooperation andunderstanding.
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＜For inquiry ＞
Higashiura Town OfficeEnvironment Division（0562）83-3111（283）
E‐mail：kankyo@town.aichihigashiura.lg.jp