Garbage Collection（Sekizen area）
In Sekizen Village, Imabari city, you have to separate and throw away garbage according to type:burnable, unburnable, bulk refuse, recyclable waste, hazardous waste, and dangerous waste, at thedesignated time and 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 Sekizen Branch Office at 0897-88-2111, with help from aJapanese interpreter if you don’t speak Japanese.
TypeCollection
Methods

BurnableStationcollection
methodCollection
Frequency
Twicea week

Garbage bags designatedby Kure City
Color
Size/Price
Red

Extra-large(¥450 for 10 bags)

Large(¥400 for 10 bags)

Large-Middle(¥300 for 10 bags)

Middle(¥200 for 10 bags)

Pleaseask aneighbor,orSekizen
BranchOffice(0897-882111)
about thecollection
dates andlocations.

Small(¥100 for 10 bags)

Available at
supermarkets andother local shops
in Sekizen
Village.

BlueLarge(¥300 for 10 bags)

MiddleUnburnable

Every otherweek(¥200 for 10 bags)

Small(¥100 for 10 bags)

Available atsupermarkets andother local shops
in Sekizen
Village.

Objects*RulesFood scraps, Grass / Plants,
Paper, Wooden products,
Non-recyclable Cloth(es),Leather goods, etc
Polyurethane bottles thatare not for food and drink, aswell as ones for oily food anddrink.
Plastic wrap, Polyethylenebags, Plastic products,
Netting, Tubes, Rubber,
Foam polystyrene, etc.
*Don’t include recyclablewaste.
*Dry food scraps.

Polyurethane bottles, bottles
and cans that are not forfood or drink, Metals,Pottery, Glass, Hard plastic,Rubber,
Small electric appliances**Don’t include recyclable
waste.
*Spray cans, gas cylinders,and disposable lightersshould be empty and treatedas dangerous waste.

Bulk refuse

Stationcollection
methodOnce amonth

Please purchase tickets
according to the type ofobjects. Tickets should beposted on the objects you
want to throw away.

Furniture,Electrical appliances (biggeror heavier for a blue
large-size bag.)*Some electrical appliances
designated by law andpersonal computers cannot
be collected.
*For further information,please ask at theJuumin-Fukushi-ka in
Sekizen Branch Office(0897-88-2111) with help
from a 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 collection charge)(Plus Carriage charge, consumption tax, or collection charge)

Type
Recyclable
Bottles
Colorless
Brown
Other-coloredCollection
Methods
Stationcollection
methodCans

Polyurethane
bottles

Paper
Newspapers
Magazines
Cardboard
Paper packages

Please ask aneighbor, orSekizen
BranchOffice(0897-88-2111)
about thecollection
dates andlocations.

Collection
Frequency

Twice amonthCollection
Containers

Objects*RulesSeparate andput bottles into
specialcontainers atthe stationaccording to thecolor,individually.

Bottles for food 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.
*Bottles for beer and sakeshould be returned to a liquorshop.
Cans for food and drinkincluding pet food*Cans should be empty andrinsed.

Put cans into
the special net
bag at thestation,individually.
Putpolyurethane
bottles into thespecial net bag
at the station,individually.

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.

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

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 asmagazines.
*Paper packages should berinsed, cut open, and dried.
*Paper packages whose
insides are silver should betreated as burnable.

Cloth(es)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.

Hazardous waste
Batteries
Fluorescenttubes
Mercury
thermometers

Dangerous waste
Spray cansCassette cylinders

Disposal lighters

Once amonth

According to thekind ofhazardous
waste, put theminto the special
red container,individually.

* Batteries should be put in atransparent bag.
*Button batteries andbatteries which can be charged
repeatedly should be takenback to a shop.
*Fluorescent tubes andmercury thermometers should
not be broken.
*Broken fluorescent tubes
should be wrapped with paper
and treated as unburnable.

Spray cans, cassette
cylinders, and disposal
lighters should be empty.