Garbage Collection（Hakata area）
In Hakata-cho, Imabari city, you have to separate and throw away garbage according to type:burnable, unburnable, bulky refuse, recyclable waste, and hazardous waste at the designated timeand place.
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 Juumin-Fukushi-ka(Resident Welfare Section) in Imabari City Hakata Branch Office on 0897-72-1500, with help from aJapanese interpreter if you don’t speak Japanese.
TypeCollection

Collection

Garbage Bags designatedObjects

Methods

Frequency

by Imabari City

*Rules

Twice

Color

Food scraps, Paper,

a weekYellow

Burnable
StationSize/Price

Grass / Plants, Wooden

collection

products, Non-recyclable

methodCloth(es), Leather goods,

etc.,
Polyurethane bottles
that are not for food anddrink, as well as ones for
Please ask aLarge- 43 liters

oily food and drink.

(¥200 for 10 bags)

Plastic wrap, Tubes,
Polyethylene bags,
Plastic products,
Netting, Rubber, Foam
polystyrene, etc.

neighbor, orthe Jumin-Middle- 30 liters

Fukushi- ka(¥150 for 10 bags)in Hakata*Don’t include

BranchSmall- 20 liters

recyclable waste.

Offices(¥100 for 10 bags)*Dry food scraps.

(0897-72-15*They should be cut00) about
Unburnable

Available at

to shorter than 50cms.

supermarkets,

Bottles and cans not for

conveniencefood, drink anddates andstores, and othercosmetics. Metals,locations.

local shops inPottery, Glass, Small

Imabari city.

electrical appliances*

thecollection

Oncea weekGreen*Don’t include
recyclable waste.
*Spray cans and gas
cylinders should be
empty and punctured.
*They should be cut
to shorter than 50cms.

Bulk refuse

House-tohousecollection
methodOnce amonth(Four timesa year insome areas)

Please call and request
the Juumin-Fukushi-ka
to collect bulk refuse, andpurchase tickets
according to the type ofobjects. Tickets should beposted on the objects you
want to throw away.

Furniture, Electricalappliances (bigger or
heavier for a blue
large-size bag.)*Some electricalappliances designated bylaw and personal
computers cannot becollected.
*Please ask for thecollection schedule inyour area at the JuuminFukushi-ka in Hakata
Branch Office(0897-72-1500), withhelp from a Japaneseinterpreter.

*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(Pus carriage charge, consumption tax, or collection charge.)

Type
Recyclable
Bottles
Colorless
Brown
Other- coloredCans

Polyurethane
bottles

Paper
Newspapers
Magazines
Cardboard
Paper packages

Collection
Methods
Stationcollection
methodPlease ask aneighbor, orHakataBranch Office(0897-72-1500)
about thecollection
dates andlocations.

Collection
Frequency

Twice amonthCollection
Containers

Objects*RulesSeparate andput bottles into
special yellow
containers at
the stationaccording to thecolor,individually.

Bottles for food, drink andcosmetics.

Put cans into
the blue net bag
at the station,individually.
Putpolyurethane
bottles into thegreen net bag at
the station,individually.

According to thekind, paper
should beseparated andboundcrisscrossedwith string,
without putting
them in a bag or
wrapping them.

*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 sakeshould be returned to a liquor
shop.
Cans for food and drink
including pet food*Cans should be empty andrinsed.
Polyurethane bottles for foodand 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.

Newspapers, Magazines,
Cardboard, Paper packages(whose insides are white)* Any newspaper inserts
should be included withnewspapers.
*Gummed tape should beremoved from cardboard.
*Wrapping paper, paper boxes,
should be treated as
magazines.
*Paper packages should berinsed, cut open, and dried.
*Paper packages whose
insides are silver should betreated as burnable.

Clothes, Cloth, Sheets, Towels
Blankets, kimono, etc.
*Cloth padded with cotton andmade of wool should be treatedas burnable.
*Bedclothes and carpets
should be treated as bulk
refuse.

Cloth(es)Hazardous wasteBatteries

Fluorescenttubes
Mercury
thermometers

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

*Button batteries andbatteries which can be charged
repeatedly should be takenback to a shop.
*Fluorescent tubes andmercury thermometers shouldbe put in the same container.
*Broken fluorescent tubes
should be wrapped with paper
and treated as unburnable.