Please do not throw
garbage in vacant lots!
STOP throwing garbage! In the river, in theforest, on the roads, etc. Throwing garbage

ENGLISH／英語

Prohibitedby Law

in vacant lots will adversely affect the naturalenvironment and living environment.

Please do not burn garbage!

CHIKUSEI-CITY／筑西市

Issued in 2020

Follow the rules. Let’s make Chikusei a clean city.

How to separate garbage
and recyclables and how
to put them out.
❶Let’s segregate properly.

Incineration of garbage outdoors is prohibited by law. Smoke,odors, and ashes will not only bother your neighbors, but will also

Burnable garbage/ non-burnable / Let’s separate Recyclables properly.

❷Let’s put them in a bag that has been designated.

cause harmful substances that could adversely affect your healthand the environment, so STOP!

Put it in the bag designated by the city, throw it away. Garbage that is not inthe bag cannot be collected.

❸Let’s throw away garbage at the garbage collection area.

You can easily check how to put out
garbage with smartphone app.

English edition

CHIKUSEI Garbage
Segregation AppGarbageSegregation
dictionary

How toput outgarbage

Collection
datecalendarAlertfunction

App download

Please read the 2D code/
QR code from yoursmartphone & download it.

Each district you live in has a garbage designated collection area that you canthrow away the garbage.

❹Let’s put it out on a designated day and time.
Put it out until 8:00 a.m. on the day of the collection,
which is designated for each district where you live.

Collection Datein your area

The maximum amount of garbage that can be put out at the garbage
collection area is 45cm x 45cm x 120cm for long items. If you are notsure with the collection date, please contact the Environment Division.

Burnable
Garbage

WeeklyNon-burnable
GarbageMonthly

Recyclables

Monthly

Put in a bag designated by the City.

Put in a bag designated by the City.

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Empty cans, bottles, etc.

Inquiries about garbage
Chikusei City Civil Environment
Department Environment Division

Address :360 Hei, Chikusei City Ibaraki Prefecture0296-24-2130

Tel／

Email／environ@city.chikusei.lg.jp

Translated in Cooperation with the Chikusei City International Friendship Association

Recycling as a resource will lead to a reduction in waste.

Large-sized garbage cannot be put out at
the garbage collection area.
How to put out large garbage that does not fit in the bag designated by thecity. Please see (Items that cannot be put out at the garbage area)

×Burnablegarbage

Twice a week

■Kitchen garbage

Put in adesignated bag

Recyclables■Vinyl/ plastic

Once or twice a month

Put it in a designated bluebox at the garbage area

■Bottles■Old clothes / Sheets■Paper etc.

Remove water

1.Colorless
2.Brown
3.Other[blue/green/black]Soak edible oilsuch as in paper■Tape / Styrofoam■Wood chips / fallen leaves

Please wash it with water.
Please put it out by type.
Bottles other than groceries
are non-burnable garbage.

Dry the wood chips/ Fallen leaves.
Bundle them in less than 50cm.inlength and 20cm. in diameter andplace in a bag designated by the city.

■Rubber / leather goods■Others
Paper diapers
Flush the filthto the toilet■Textile products
Tissue/ thermal paper such as receipts, / carbon
paper/ photos/ paper cut with a shredder

Non-burnable garbage
Once a month■Spray can / lighterAluminum foil

Various types of paper that can be recycled.
*tissue paper, carbon paper,Photos cannot be recycled.
1. newspaper
Please tie each
2. cardboard
bundle with a string.
3. magazines, other
Please wash paper
papers, etc.
pack with water.
4. paper carton

Remove the cap & label, wash it with water.
Beverage & seasoning bottles are essential.
Edible oil, detergent, etc. cannot be put out..

■Empty cans■Batteries

1. Dry Batteries
2. Coin Batteries
Batteries of electricalappliances cannot beput out.

Please wash inside with water.
1. steelCans other than groceries cannot
2. aluminumbe thrown away..

Put in adesignated bag■Metals
It should bedone outside!

Use up the contents.
Make a hole in spray cans.

Items that cannot be put out at the garbage collection area.
■Items that cannot beprocessed in the city.

Pot / frying pan / umbrella / hanger■Mercury used objects■Cutlery/ needle / glass, etc.

Please consult a specialist / sales outlet / maker.

■Non-resource Cans/
Bottles (other thanfood)

Separate the fluorescent light/
thermometer/ sphygmomanometer, etc. Putit in a designated bag by the city.
Wrap it in a paper such as glass, label it &put it in a designated bag by the city.

■Ceramics etc.

■Plastic Bottles

Put it in a bag■Non-Resource paper

Limited to clean ones.
Please put it in a designated bag &put it out.
Don’t put out stuffed animals,sweaters, or anything that has cottons.

Oil Can■Electric Appliances
Pharmaceuticals /Cosmetics
Remove the battery. Put it in adesignated bag by the city that fits its
size.(less than 45cm. width)○TV, refrigerator, washing machine, aircon○Tile, tatami, building materials such as blocks○Fire extinguisher, gas cylinder, gunpowder, chemicals○Computer○Auto parts○Agricultural materials, etc.
○Debris, stones, soil
○Items that cannot be processed at the EnvironmentalCenter■Large trash(items that do not fit in the bag designated by the city)○Environmental Center (Direct disposal)

658 Shimokawashima, Chikusei City
Tel: 0296-33-3755
Reception: Weekdays, 1st Sunday of every month
8:30 ~ 11:45 / 13:00 ~ 16:30
Fee : 100 yen per 10 kg.

○City door-to-door collection (with fee)

Collection date : Shimodate district : 4th Wednesday
Other districts : 3rd Wednesday
Place of Application : City Hall Environment Division
Each branch window
Fee : 1 for 750 yen up tp 5 items
Contact : Environment Division Tel : 0296-24-2130