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How to Dispose of Plastic● With the renewed garbage collection schedule, items to be disposed of under the category
Plastic (“Plastic”) will be picked up starting Thursday, October 5, 2023.

● Plastic should be brought to the garbage pickup station between early morning and 8 a.m. on
the pickup day.

● Do not leave Plastic the day before the pickup day or after the pickup operation.
Sort out Plastic based on the “Pla-mark”() and wash off stains to the extent
possible.
*Heavily stained plastic items should be disposed of as Burnable Garbage.

Plastic examples

Films/bags

Bottle labels

Snack bags with aluminum on the reverse side should be treated as Plastic as long as the “Pla-mark”() is there.

Grocery bags

Frozen food/snack bags

Refill packs

Caps/toothbrushes

Containers/cups/packaging

Seasoning containers

OthersPlastic wrap

Detergentcontainers

Egg containers

Food packaging

Tablet packages

Bento/cup noodles Other plastic
containers
containers

Container caps

Toothbrushes

Items without the “Pla-mark” may be disposed of as Plastic only if the item is 30cm or lessand is obviously only made of plastic in order to prevent materials unsuitable for recyclingfrom being mixed in.

ToysTupperware

Plastic hangers*With no metal parts

Cushioning such as
Styrofoam

Unsafe Items that must not be disposed ofas Plastic
Medical plastics, razors, lighters, batteries, blades, e-cigarettes, and electronics that may
be mixed in with Plastic are classified as “Unsafe Items” which are dangerous for recycling
plants to handle. Never dispose of these Unsafe Items as Plastic.

Medical plastics, including IV bags, IVtubes, and syringes

BladesLighters

Dry cellbatteries

Heatedcigarettes

Electronics

CD/DVD cases*Disks are Burnable garbage

Exceptions
PET bottles and foodtrays should continue tobe disposed of in thenets as before.

PET bottles/food trays【Contact】Arakawa City Garbage Collection and Resource Recycling Promotion Division☎03-5692-6697

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How to Dispose of Plastic● Stains should be washed off to the extent possible.
● Please dispose of Plastic in a transparent bag.

Items heavily stained withfood cannot be disposedof as Plastic.

Clean the item withrunning water, etc. before
disposal. Use of detergent
is unnecessary.

The item can be disposedof even if minor stains
such as food pigment andoil remain.

All Plastic items should be
put in the same bag for
disposal regardless of thetype of plastic.

How to decide whether it is Plastic or not- Decision criteria Yes! Dispose of it as Plastic.

Clean items with no foodpigment/oilLow

No! Don’t dispose of it as Plastic.

Items that have been rinsed andonly trace amounts of foodpigment/oil remain

Items that have not been
washed with some liquidremaining

Degree of dirtiness

Items with liquid and foodresidueHigh

Items with stains and odors not easily removed, such as
cooking oil containers, natto containers, small seasoning sachets, andglue containers, should be disposed of as Burnable garbage.

*However, such items may be disposed of as Plastic if thestains and odors can be washed off with water.
● Sort out ONLY Plastic items and put them in a transparent bag for disposal.
Do not double bag (do not separate further into smaller-sized bags).

Do not double bag.