MAR. 2010

No.68

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA
MORIOKA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION〒 020-8531 MORIOKA-SHI WAKAZONO-CHO 2-18
TEL 019-626-7524

e-mail moriintl@nifty.com
http://www.e-morioka.com/~moriintl/top.html

Rules for Garbage Separation to Change in August 2010
Rules for sorting out garbage will change in the
Morioka and Tonan areas, starting in August.
In addition to the items we have been separating
for collection, plastic and paper packaging materials
will be required to be separated. Packaging includes
containers or rapping materials of whatever we buy.

Plastic packaging materials that are sorted out
and collected are to be recycled into planters forgardening, while paper ones are into toilet tissue.
Letʼ s follow the new rules and be eco-friendly
Moriokans!

Rules for Separating and Putting out Plastic Packages
・When you find
On a plastic package, it is theplastic packaging material to besorted out and collected under
the new rules. If the package isdirty or wet, however, it's not good for recycling.
Put it in combustible or incombustible garbage,according to the existing rules.
Bring the package materials
To t h e g a r b a g e c o l l e c t i o n p o i n t i n y o u rneighborhood on the recycling day (for glass/plasticbottles and cans) in the Morioka area. If you live in
the Tonan area bring them to the collection pointon the designated dates which are to be informed
later.
Put the materials in a transparent orsemi-transparent bag and tie it up so that thematerials don't get wet with rain or snow.
Do not put the plastic materials in the bag ofbottles or cans, because they are collected bydiﬀerent collection vehicles.

Categories for Plastic Packages(except dirty ones)
・Plastic bag of snack or sweets

・Plastic bottle (PET bottle)

Individual package ‒ plastic package

Cap ‒ plastic package

Compartment material ‒ plastic package

Label ‒ plastic package

Outer bag or wrapper ‒ plastic package

Bottle ‒ Plastic bottles (PET bottles)

Plastic items to be collected separately under thenew rules are those that can be easily cleaned withwater:such as a net bag of fruits,

caps of spray cans,
ﬁlm wrappers of vegetables,

plastic drug containers,
milk products/natto containers,
tofu / s t r a w b e r r i e s / i c e c r e a mcontainers, shampoo bottles(nozzles go to incombustiblegarbage),polystyrene foam containers, coloredfood trays, pudding/jelly cups, lunch boxes,
shopping bags and egg packages. Clean them withwater and dry them before putting them out forcollection.

Not to be Collected are:・Product in the package
Videotape case ‒ combustible garbage
Videotape ‒ incombustible garbage
Bucket and wash basin ‒ incombustiblegarbage
White food tray ‒ take them to the collection
box of super markets and other stores.

・Items that cannot be cleaned easily, such as amayonnaise container, shampoo reﬁ llpack, bag of potato chips ‒ combustiblegarbage
Bottle of oil ‒ incombustible garbage＊ In the Tonan area, videotapes, buckets, washbasins and oil bottles go to combustible garbage.

Rules for Separating and Putting out Paper Packages
When you ﬁnd

On a paper package, it is the paper material tobe collected under the new rules. If the item is dirty
or wet, however, it's not good for recycling. Put itout on the combustible garbage days.
Put the following items out on the used paper
collection days or resource collection days in yourneighborhood: cardboard, paper box that contained
food (except snacks and sweets) and towels or otherclothes, package of six cans of beer and paper bags.

Put paper cartons (such as milk cartons) out on
the resource collection day in your neighborhood
or into the collection box you ﬁ nd at supermarkets or other stores. (In the Tonan area they arecollected on the "paper carton" collection days.)
Bring the package materials
To the collection box in your neighborhood in
the Morioka area. The locations of the collection
boxes will be informed later. If you live in the Tonan
area bring them to the collection point on thedesignated dates which will be informed later.
Put the materials in a transparent orsemi-transparent bag and tie it up so that thematerials don't get wet with rain or snow. Fold or
crush paper boxes to make them compact.

Categories for Paper Packages
Tobacco boxes
Outer ﬁlm ‒ plastic package
Aluminum-backed paper ‒ paper package
Outer box ‒ paper package
Snack/sweets boxes
Individual bag ‒ plastic package

Cap ‒ plastic package
Carton ‒ paper package
Other paper packages to be collected include
wrapping paper of copier paper, waribashi
chopstick bags, ice cream containers, wrapping
paper for gum or chocolate and thick paper
inserted in packaged shirts.

For more information, contact (in Japanese only):
Morioka Area :Morioka-shi Shigen Junkan Suishin-ka
Compartment material ‒ paper package (Plastic (Recycling Promotion Division of Morioka City)（phone: 019-622-2911）
one goes to plastic package.)
Tonan Area: Morioka-Shiwa-Chiku Kankyo Shisetsu
Kumiai Seiso Center (phone: 019-697-3835）
Outer box ‒ paper package
Tamayama-ku: Zeimu Jumin-ka, Tamayama Sogo
Paper cartons forsake and other drinks (Their inner Shisho (Tax and Citizen Service Division, Tamayama
Branch Oﬃce）（Tel 019-683-3805）
surface is coated with aluminum.)