Garbage Collection（Imabari City except Hakata, and Sekizen areas）
In Imabari city, you have to separate and throw away garbage according to type: burnable,unburnable, soft plastic, bulk refuse, recyclable waste, hazardous waste, and dangerous waste at
the designated collection dates and locations.
If you do not follow the rules, the garbage you throw away will not be collected by the city andcause a lot of trouble in the neighborhood.
Please keep the following rules. If you have questions, please call the Recycle-Suishin-Ka(Garbage Reduction Promotion Department) in Imabari City Office on 0898-36-1534, or the Juumin

Fukushi Ka (Resident Welfare Section) in the City Branch Office in your area, with help from aJapanese interpreter if you don’t speak Japanese.
TypeCollection
Methods

BurnableStationcollection
methodUnburnable

Please ask
a neighbor,
the CityOffice

Collection
Frequency
Twicea weekGarbage Bags designatedby Imabari City
Color
Size/Price
Yellow

Large- 43 litersOncea week

Green

Middle- 30 liters(0898-361534) orSoft plastic

the CityBranchOffices
about thecollection
dates andlocationswith helpfrom aJapaneseinterpreter
if you don’tspeakJapanese.

(¥300 for 10bags)(¥200 for 10bags)

Small- 20 liters(¥150 for 10bags)

Oncea week(Twicea week
in someareas.)White

Available atsupermarkets,convenience
stores, and otherlocal shops.

Objects*RulesFood scraps, Paper,
Grass / Plants,
Wooden products,
Non-recyclable Cloth(es),Leather goods, etc.
*Don’t include recyclablewaste.
*Dry food scraps*They should be cut toshorter than 50cms.
Bottles, Cans, andPolyurethane bottles
that are not for food,drink, or cosmetics.
Glass, Metals, Pottery,Hard plastic, Rubber
products,
Small electric appliances**Don’t include recyclable
waste.
*They should be cut toshorter than 50cms.
Plastic wrap, Tubes,
Polyethylene bags, Softplastic products, Netting,etc.
*They should be emptyand rinsed.
*Their caps (unburnable)
should be taken off.
*They should be cut toshorter than 50cms.

Bulk refuse

House-tohousecollection
methodSix times ayear. (Fourtimes ayear insomeareas)

Please call and request
the City Office or Branch
Offices to collect bulk
refuse, and purchasetickets according to thetype of objects.
(300yen for one object.
600yen for large objects.)
Tickets should be postedon the objects you want tothrow away.

Furniture,
Electrical appliances(bigger or heavier for alarge-size bag.)*Some electricalappliances designated bylaw and personal
computers cannot becollected.
*Please ask for thecollection schedule inyour area at theSodai-gomi-Center(0898-25-5300) or theJuumin-Fukuchi-ka inyour area, with help froma Japanese interpreter.

*Regarding disposal of electrical appliances designated by the Household Appliances Recycle
Laws and personal computers
Electrical appliances designated by the Household Appliances Recycle Laws and personal
computers cannot be collected by the city. The following appliances should be disposed of by anelectrical appliances shop. Personal computers should be disposed of by their manufacturers. (Forfurther information, please ask at the Pasokon 3R Suishin Center (03-5282-7685.)

The following appliances are charged to be disposed of: TV set (cathode-ray, liquid crystal, plasma)….. about ¥2700
 Washing machine ……………………………… …about ¥2500
 Dryer for clothing ………………………………….about ¥2500
 Refrigerator & freezer …………………………… about ¥4500
 Air conditioner………………………………………about ¥2600(Plus carriage charge, consumption tax, or collection charge.)

TypeCollection
Methods

Collection
Frequency

Collection
Containers

Objects*RulesSeparate andput bottles into
special yellow
containers at thestation according
to the color,individually.

Bottles for food, drink andcosmetics.

Put cans into theblue net bag at
the station,individually.

Cans for food and drink including
pet food*Cans should be empty andrinsed.

Put
polyurethane
bottles into thegreen net bag at
the station,individually.

Polyurethane bottles that are forfood and drink*If a bottle is oily, it should betreated as unburnable. (Ex:bottles for dressing or sauce)*They should be empty andrinsed.
*Their caps (unburnable) should
be taken off.

According to thekind, paper
should be
separated andboundcrisscrossed withstring, without
putting them ina bag orwrapping them.

Newspapers, Magazines,
Cardboard, Paper packages(whose insides are white)

Recyclable
Bottles
ColorlessBrown
Other- coloredCans
Polyurethanebottles

Paper
Newspapers
Magazines
CardboardPaper packages

Stationcollection
methodPlease aska neighbor,the CityOffice(0898-361534) orCity
BranchOffices
about thecollection
dates andlocations
with help
from aJapaneseinterpreter
if you don’t
speakJapanese.

Twice amonth*If a bottle is oily, it should betreated as unburnable. (Ex:bottles for dressing or sauce)*They should be empty andrinsed.
*Their caps (unburnable) should
be taken off.
*Bottles for beer and sake should
be returned to a liquor shop.

*Avoid rainy days when throwing
them away, (except for areas thathave a recycle shelter).
* Any newspaper inserts should
be included with newspapers.
*Gummed tape should beremoved from cardboard.
*Wrapping paper, paper boxes,and Paper bags should be treatedas magazines.
*Paper packages should berinsed, cut open, and dried.
*Paper packages whose insides
are silver should be treated asburnable.

Cloth(es)Clothes, Cloth, Sheets, Towels,Blanket, kimono, etc.
*Avoid rainy days when throwing
them way. (except for areas thathave a recycle shelter)*Cloth padded with cotton andmade of wool should be treated asburnable.
*Bedclothes and carpets shouldbe treated as bulk refuse.

Hazardous waste
Batteries
Fluorescenttubes
Mercury
thermometers

Twice amonth

Put batteries
into the special
yellow container
at the station,individually.
Put them into
the special
yellow container
at the station,individually.

*Button batteries and batteries
which can be charged repeatedly
should be taken back to a shop.

Put them into
the special
yellow container
at the station,individually.

*They should be empty andpunctured.
*Their caps (unburnable) should
be taken off.

*Fluorescent tubes and mercury
thermometers should be put inthe same container.
*Broken fluorescent tubes should
be wrapped with paper andtreated as unburnable.

Dangerous waste
Spray cans
Gas cylinders

Twice amonth

Telephone numbers: the Juumin-Fukushi-ka (Resident Welfare Section) in Imabari City Branch Offices
Asakura Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0898-56-2500
Namikata Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0898-41-7111
Kikuma Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0898-54-3450
Miyakubo Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0897-86-2500
Kamiura Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0897-87-3000
Sekizen Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0897-88-2111

Tamagawa Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0898-55-2211
Onishi Juumin-Fukushi-ka
0898-53-3500
Yoshiumi Juumin-Fukushi-ka
0897-84-2111
Hakata Juumin-Fukushi-ka
0897-72-1500
Oomishima Juumin-Fukushi-ka 0897-82-0500