MAY. 2009

No.65

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA
MORIOKA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION
e-mail moriintl@nifty.com
http://www.e-morioka.com/~moriintl/top.html〒 020-8531 MORIOKA-SHI WAKAZONO-CHO 2-18
TEL 019-626-7524

Attention! Garbage-sorting rules have been changed.
Let’s see what the changes are.

Change 1. More appliances are subject to the Home Appliance Recycling Law.
Three appliances have been added in April 2009 to the items subject to the Home Appliance
Recycling Law, which had been air conditioner, tube television, refrigerator and washingmachine.
■ Newly added appliances are:
＊ Liquid crystal display (LCD) TV＊ Plasma TV＊ Clothes dryer

Note: What is the home appliance recycling system?
Air conditioners, (tube, LCD and plasma) TVs, refrigerators/freezers and dryers containa number of materials that can be recycled. The Home Appliance Recycling Law aims
to collect these materials, instead of disposing of the appliances as garbage, and makeefﬁcient use of resources.
We need to pay for recycling our appliances. Different manufacturers charge different fees.
Out-of-use appliances are collected by one of the three ways below.
1. Ask the retail store where you bought the appliance or you are going to buy a newone to collect your old appliance.

You might have to pay for the collection, too.

2. Ask one of the collection traders (listed at the website of Morioka City) to collect yourappliance.
（http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp/05kankyo/seigyo/info/shushugyosha.html）
You need to pay for the collection in addition to the recycling fee. Different traders
charge different fees.
3. Pay recycling fee at a post ofﬁce and bring in the appliance by yourself to either ofthe two designated places below.
＊ Morioka ofﬁce of Alps Logistics Co.
(Morioka Eigyosho of Alps Butsuryu) (Phone:682-1074）＊ Morioka Ofﬁce of Nippon Express (Morioka Shiten of Nihon Tsu-un)(Phone: 637-6411）
For more information, visit the website of Kaden Recycle Ken Center（http://www.rkc.aeha.or.jp/）

Change 2: Fluorescent lamp tubes are recycled now. (Morioka area residents )Take end-of-use fluorescent tubes to a collection box which is located at supermarkets and otherplaces. Fluorescent tubes had been disposed of as unburnable garbage in Morioka (except in theTonan and Tamayama areas). They are now collected and utilized since more than 90 percent part ofa florescent tube is recyclable.
If you live in the Tonan or Tamayama area, bring the tubes to the collection spot on designated days
as you have been doing,■ Which tubes?
* Straight fluorescent lamp tubes* Ring fluorescent lamp tubes* Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) tubes- Put out incandescent bulbs and halogen lamps to the collection spot on the unburnable garbage days.
- Wrap up broken fluorescent tubes with newspaper and put them out on the unburnable garbage days.
■ Where?
Put tubes in a collection box located at the stores listed below. Collection boxes are also placed at
the City Hall and some of Katsudo centers.
Stores with a collection box are
Iwate Co-op

Stores with a collection box are

all outlets in Morioka
Homac

Kamido, Kuroishino, Super Depo
SeinanKashimuraall outlets in Morioka

Big House

all outlets in Morioka

Max Value

Morioka Ekimae Kitadori

FalUedaMaruichi

all outlets in Morioka

Belle Plus OneOdori

Yamazaki ShopHakoshimizu

Universe

Sun Town MatsuzonoAnnex Kawatoku■ When putting the tubes into the collection box:
*Be careful not to break the tubes.
* Remove the package of the tubes. Put the tubes alone.
* Do not put things other than fluorescent tubes.
* Put straight, ring and compact tubes in each designated section of the box.
For more information, visit the website of Morioka City.
（http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp/05kankyo/seigyo/keikoukan/keikoukan.html）

Collection box ↑For more information on how to sort and put out your garbage, contact:* Morioka area: Recycling Promotion Division (Shigen Junkan Suishin-ka) of Morioka City Hall
(Phone: 019-622-2911 Japanese only）* Tonan area: Morioka Shiwa-chiku Kankyo Shisetsu Kumiai（Phone: 019-697-3835 Japanese only）* Tamayama area: Tax and Citizen Service Division of the Tamayama Branch Office (Zeimu
Jyumin-ka of Tamayama Sogo Jimusho) (Phone: 019-683-3805 Japanese only）
Website: http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp/m-life/index.html#lifehome