Matsukawa Village Manual for Sorting Household Garbage and Recyclable Resources
Put your garbage out by 8:00 a.m. on garbage collection days. *Make sure to write your district name and your name on the garbage bags.
Collection Day Classification

MondayCombustibles
Friday2ndThursday

Bottles
Broken glass
Ceramics

Cans

Types of Garbage
Wood chips
Disposable diapers Shoes & boots Shells
Food waste Thickness:
5 cm or less
(Waste goes in the toilet)（ Length: 50 cm or less ）Stickers
Clear bottles Yellow bottles

Cosmetic bottles Milky white bottles

waste
Plastic products
Plastic containers
and packaging＋All otherplastic products
Plastic products
without this markwill also becollected.

2nd Paper containers
and packaging&Items withthis mark.
4thBeverage cartons
Saturday
Items withthis mark.

Plastic bottles (PET)

Bottles without
this mark areclassified asplastic products.

Broken glass & ceramics

Spray cans &gas canisters(make a hole!)

Directly (Fee charged)
carry in. Bulky waste(Fee charged)

・Take the cap/plastic lid off.
・Lightly rinse the inside with water.
・Take the bag home with you.

Place in a dedicated non-combustible
garbage bag.

・Rinse the inside with water toremove any residue.
・Bottle can caps can be sorted
into the metallic waste category.

Place in a dedicatednon-combustible
garbage bag.

Tin products Other metal items (kettles, pots, frying pans)
Wire hangers

・Wrap the blades of razors,
kitchen knives, etc. in paper.

Place in a dedicatednon-combustible
garbage bag.
・Excluding items made of multiple
Plastic bags
Hangers,Traysmaterials.
toothbrushes,(Including white trays)
・Excluding items, like cutting boards,
Cups& combs
Packagesthat are thicker than 5 mm.
CD & DVD
Bottles
Tableware・Raincoats, leisure sheets, etc.
Tupperwarethat exceed 50 cm when spread
Toys
Styrofoamout should be cut into smaller pieces.
・Securely tie the bag’s opening.
Wash basin
・Items too big to fit in a bag are
・The mouth of refill containers for detergents, etc., should be rinsed with water after the contents have been drained.
classified as bulky waste.
・Food containers (bottles, cups, bags) should be lightly rinsed with water inside.
If the item is too big to fit in a bag,(Excluding Styrofoam)
・ The illustration is only for example purposes.
write your district name and your name on it.
Items made of 100% plastic that will fit in the non-combustible garbage bag.

Wrapping paper
Boxes

Confusing items

Paper, cardboard,*Please write your district nameand your name on items tied up
magazines, leaflets, etc.
or put in a paper bag for disposal.

Paper bags

Plastic bottles (PET)

Beverage cartonsRemove caps and labels anddispose of them with the otherplastic products.
Removing the ring around thebottles and sorting the bottles
by color are not required.

Milk/fruit juice
beverage
cartons

Place in a dedicatednon-combustible garbage bag.
・Dirty items are classified ascombustible garbage.
・You can tie it in a cross shapeor put it in a paper bag.

Flatten beverage cartons and tie
them in a cross shape.

・Alcohol or juice packs with a silver interior areclassified as paper containers and packaging.

Put plastic bottles (PET)
into the dedicated mesh bag.
・Lightly rinse the inside.
Flatten and tie in a cross shape.
・There is no need to remove
staples, duct tape, and stickers.

CardboardNewspapers

Magazines & miscellaneous paper

Newspapers and fliers canbe put together.

Weekly magazines, comic books, books,catalogues, envelopes, copy paper, etc.

Tie in a cross shape.

Place in a dedicatednon-combustible garbage bag.
Only items that are not dirty, wet, or ripped. (Buttons・Underwear, socks, ties, hats, and fabric scraps
and zippers can be left as is).
are classified as combustible garbage.
Place directly into the station container.

Blankets, old clothes, towel blankets, sheets, and curtains.

Bulb-shaped fluorescent tubes (with plastic on the bulb andmetal parts, starting from EF)

Combustible
bulky waste

Place directly into thestation container.

Incandescent light bulbs,Place directly into theLED light bulbs, glow lamps, station container.
& broken fluorescent tubes.

Cans that contained
food or drink.

Straight tubes (120 cm or less),
Fluorescentcircular, bulb-shaped, compact shape
3rd Thursday
tubesof May,

September,
and January Batteries

・For food waste, make sure tothoroughly drain excess moisture.
・For cooking oil, solidify it or soak
it up with paper or absorbent cloth.
・Securely tie the bag’s opening.

・Take the bag home with you.

Cardboard
Newspapers&
Last Sunday
magazinesof
odd-numbered Old clothes&months
materials

Bottles that contained
food or drink

Other colored bottles

Items withthis mark.

3rd
Thursday Metallic

Stainedplastic tubes

Dirty paper

Preparing for Disposal
Place in a dedicated combustible
garbage bag.

Alkaline batteries, manganese batteries,
lithium batteries, lithium-ion batteries,
nickel-cadmium batteries, button cell batteries, etc.

●Maximum dimensions: Length 2 m x Width 1.2 m x Height 1 m●Wood: Pruning wood with a diameter of 20 cm or less, square timber with one side
measuring 20 cm or less.
Plastic products: Large items that do not fit into dedicated bags.
*Remove all non-combustible items such as metals, magnets, glass, etc.
*Bind long objects, such as futon mattresses and carpets,within specified Max. Dimensions.

●Garbage that cannot be taken to the collection station●

Tires, car batteries, bicycles, furniture, home appliances, etc.
Burned ash (firewood, briquettes, charcoal only)
Disposable lighters (only those with all contents used up)
Metal items (excluding home appliances) can be brought in at a reduced price for sorting and delivery.

・Separate straight tube-shaped items from other shaped items
and place them in a separate container.
・Do not put them in paper sleeves or similar containers.
・Incandescent light bulbs, LED light bulbs, glow lamps, andbroken fluorescent tubes are classified as broken glass.

Place directly into the station container.

・Take the bag home with you.
・Mobile batteries, laptop batteries, rechargeable batteries for power tools,
and button batteries must have their electrodes taped to insulate them.
・Batteries for automobiles, motorcycles, etc. belong to bulky waste.

Mon to Fri
8:30 - 16:30

Sat

8:30 - 11:30

To be directly carried into Hotaka Clean Center
Contact Information
Eco-Service-Azumino Corporation(Tel. 0263-82-1700)
Hotaka Regional Facility Association(Tel. 0263-82-2147)

Weekdays 8:30 - 16:00 To be directly carried into G-Friendly Inc.
Sun, June 2nd・Please notify us in advance.
Sun, December 1st (Tel. 0261-62-6455)
8:30 - 12:00

Contact Information: Matsukawa Village Office, Residents' Section, Living Environment Division TEL.0261-62-3112

FAX.0261-62-9405

Matsukawa Village Manual for Sorting Household Garbage and Recyclable Resources