(Including Oversized Items)

Items made mainly of glass/ ceramic.
E.g. Makeup bottles, heat-resistant glass,charcoal braziers, plant pots, pottery,mirrors, etc.

Full Name

Thermometers, blood pressure readers, and batteries containing mercury can be brought to theGotsu City Civil Aﬀairs and Living Enviroment Division or to information desks at regional
community centers (free of charge).

Burnable
Waste

Primarily paper, textiles, rubber, leather,plastic made items, vegetation, food
related products (kitchen waste),oils/paints (incl. papers, etc. that havebeen soaked）

Dispose of in city designatedgarbage bags

E.g. Clothing, raincoats, shoes, diapers,

drying agents, refrigerants, sponges,CDs, tupperwares, etc

BurnableWaste「Burnable Waste」that does not ﬁt in
the city garbage bags, objects that
protrude from the bag, clothing, longobjects that cannot be cut smaller
than 50cm.

Apply city designated disposal
sticker directly on item

E.g. W o o d e n d r a w e r s , t a t a m i , c a r p e t s ,(Oversized)●Broken glass or ceramics must be wrapped in atleast newspaper before being put in city garbage
bags.
●Garbage that does not ﬁt or
sticks out of the city garbage
Oﬃcialbags must have a city disposal
Garbage Bag
sticker placed on them and○○○○thrown out on the same day as[glass and ceramics].

planters, cooler boxes, etc.

●Please dispose of plastics with burnable waste
・Dispose of hard plastics together
separetely in city garbage bag.
・Remove lids from any containers●Cut any clothing or long objects into sizes smaller
than 50cm. items that cannot be cut must be trhown
out with oversized garbage.
●Tree branches and etc that exceed 15cm in diameter
will not be collected.
●Clothing or any long objects that cannot be cut mustbe tied togethor with other like
Disposal
Sticker
items. One disposal sticker is valid
for the amount one person cancarry.
●Tree branches and etc. that
osal
Disp ker
Stic
exceed 15cm in diameter will not
be collected.

Contact※items up to 50cm in length and 10kg in weight are allowed to be disposed of in city designated garbage bags. Please make bag contents easily visible.
※items up to 2m in length are allowed to be disposed of with city disposal stickers. Steel shelving, drawers, or anything that requires two people tocarry must be dissasembled and tied togethor so it can be carried by one person.
※As much as possible please separate by type and dispose of like items togethor.
※Please refer to the booklet for a more detailed description on how to separate and dispose of speciﬁc waste.

Gotsu City Civil Aﬀairs and Living Enviroment Division
Non-Burnable Waste/ Recyclables

Shima-no-Hoshi Clean Center ☎0855-52-5321☎0855-52-７９３６

Burnable Waste

ECO Clean Center ☎0855-53-5081

Glass Bottles

OtherBottles

and green bottles
excluding ones usedfor cooking oils), beerbottles.

Clear, brown,
and other colored bottles.
Aluminum

SteelPETBottles

look for this mark

Styrofoam /White trays
Other plastic
containers /wrappers

Reference
April 2018

Caution●As much as possilbe return returnable bottles
to retailers●Heat resistant glass or glass containers forcosmetics, medicine, drinks, and food are notconsidered recyclables.
●Lids are not considered recyclables.
●Do not recycle broken items.
●Remove any plastic labels.
●Paper labels may be left on items.
●Limited to drink items (excluding open topcans; ie. powder milk, canned goods).
●Lids are not considered recyclables.
●Please do not ﬂatten.
●Dispose of caps and labels with otherrecycleable plastic containers and packaging.
●Do not ﬂatten.

●Remove any tape and stickers.

Containers/
Wrappers/
Trays (other than white)
look for this mark●Objects without this mark are notconsidered recyclables (including foodcontainers, toys, wrappers, and etc.).
●Uncleaned objects must be thrown out with[Burnable Waste].

Newspapers
Leaﬂets
Magazines/ Books/
Paper boxes●Envelopes, diagrams, reciepts are notconsidered recyclables.

DrinkCartons●Cut open and ﬂatten.
●Aluminum lined cartons are notconsidered recyclables.

CardboardBoxes●Remove any metal componets and tape.
●Fold (or cut) to a size of 50cm.

Tie together in cross pattern with string.

Batteries, ﬂourescent lights, light bulbs,lighters, spray cans, gas canisters,
plastic tanks (for kerosene, etc.)●Please use up all contents before disposal.
●Please dispose of spray cans/gas canisters withoutmaking holes in them.
●Regular-sized toxic waste: please do not mix
other types of waste in the same bag.
Oﬃcial●Oversized toxic waste: please stick
Garbage Bagcity disposal stickers on items andToxic Waste
dispose on "Toxic Waste" collection days.

ReturnableBottles

1.8L bottles（ brownlook for these marks

Plastics

ToxicWaste

Disposal
Sticker

Examples and Criteria

Cans

Papersdesks, skis, child (car) seats.

(Including Oversized Items)

Twice a Week

E.g. Stoves, lawn mowers, bicycles, steel●For waste that sticks out of city
designated garbage bags, please tie
similar items together so they are notloose. Please stick 1 disposal sticker oneach bundle of items that can be carriedby one person.

may also be brought to the recycle station in front
Once a Month ※itemsof city oﬃcebetween the hours of 7:00 ˜ 20:00

Metals and hardware that do not ﬁt
inside (or stick out of ) oﬃcial city
garbage bags.

Full Name

Recyclable Garbage

Oversized
Metals &Hardware●Please cover sharp itemswith newspaper, etc.
Oﬃcialbefore placing inside
Garbage Bagoﬃcial city garbage bags○○○○
●For waste that sticks outof the city designatedgarbage bags (e.g. umbrellas), pleasedispose as "Oversized Metals & Hardware"

Clean items before recyclying.

metalware, kettles, clocks, telephones,
rice cookers, cameras, printers,
weighing scales, etc.

Glass/Ceramics

月１回

Burnable Waste

E.g. Aluminum plates, cans, pots, enamelledType of Waste

Refused Waste

Up to 3 bags/
items per collection

items mainly made of metal (iron, aluminum,stainless steel, etc.), electronic goods (cordincluded), measuring instruments.

Use city designatedgarbage bags

Items Containing Mercury

Up to 3 bags/
items per collection

Caution

スチール缶

Once a Month

Metals &Hardware

Examples and Criteria

アルミ缶

Non-Burnable Waste

Type of Waste★ Please decide how to sort waste based on its materials.
★ Please write your name on oﬃcial city garbage bags/disposal stickers.
★ Please throw out waste by 8:00 A.M. for collection.

※ May be cancelled due tobad weather conditions.

How to Sort and Throw Away
Household Waste

Diﬃcult toDispose
Substances

S l u d g e , s a n d , a s h e s , t i l e s , b r i c ks ,concrete, tires, automobiles, motorcycles( i n c l . p a r t s), f a r m i n g e q u i p m e n t ,pesticides, plastics used for agricultural
purposes, batteries, ﬁre-proof safes, ﬁreex tinguishers, oils, paints, over thecounter medicines, medical waste, and etc.

Commercial
Waste

Employees are responsible for any waste that is produced by the activities of
their workplace and must follow appropriate disposal procedures.

SpeciﬁcHome
Appliances

Televisions,
air condition units,refrigerators,freezers,
washing machines,
clothing dryers

Inquire with appropriate waste collectors orschedule pick up with an authorized domestic
waste collection service for diﬃcult to dispose
items other than those mentioned on the left.

※「Commercial waste」
is any waste that is not general household waste.
Option①
Option②
Option③

Option④

Contact place of purchase for dispoal pickup.
Purchase sticker from post oﬃce and disposeof at designated location.
Purchase sticker from post oﬃce and bring
toShima-no-Hoshi Clean Center.(collectionfees will be applied）
Schedule pickup with an authorized domestic
waste collection service.

Laptops/ Monitors Please inquire with the manufacturer or PC3R Promotion Association (03-5282-7685).
Large amounts of garbage due to moving or house cleaning must be brought to their
Disposing ofa Large Amount designated disposal location or scheduled with an authorized domestic waste collection service.