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Hamura City

Trash Recycling Manual
From April 1, 2007

Days to put out trash (by district)
District nameRecyclable trash“A”

Recyclable trash“B”

Kawasaki, Tamagawa, Seiryu

Wednesday eachweek

Tuesday eachweek

Hanehigashi

Wednesday eachweek

Friday each week

Hanenaka

Tuesday eachweek

Friday each week

Hanekami, Hanenishi

Wednesday eachweek

Tuesday eachweek

Ozakudai

Tuesday eachweek

Friday each week

Shinmeidai 1 and 2 Chome

Friday each week

Wednesday eachweek

Shinmeidai 3 and 4 Chome

Monday eachweek

Wednesday eachweek

Futaba-cho, Midorigaoka 3
Chome, Hane Musashino,
Gonokami Musashino, Kawasaki
Musashino

Wednesday eachweek

Monday eachweek

Fujimidaira

Thursday eachweek

Wednesday eachweek

Gonokami

Wednesday eachweek

Thursday eachweek

Midorigaoka 1, 2, 4, and 5 Chome

Monday eachweek

Thursday eachweek

Sakae-choThursday eachweek

Monday eachweek

Please be sure to put out your trash by 8:00 A.M.
Hard plastic
PET bottles
2nd and 4th
Friday eachmonth
1st and 3rd
Tuesday eachmonth
1st and 3rd
Wednesday eachmonth
2nd and 4th
Friday eachmonth
1st and 3rd
Wednesday eachmonth
2nd and 4th
Tuesday eachmonth
1st and 3rd
Thursday eachmonth
2nd and 4th
Thursday eachmonth
1st and 3rd
Monday eachmonth
1st and 3rd
Monday eachmonth
2nd and 4th
Wednesday eachmonth
2nd and 4th
Wednesday each
month

Metal

Burnable trash

Monday andThursday eachweek
Monday and
4th Tuesday each
Thursday each
month
week
Monday and4th Wednesday
Thursday each
each monthweek
Monday and3rd Friday each
Thursday each
month
week
2nd Wednesday
Monday andeach monthThursday eachweek
Monday and
1st Tuesday each
Thursday each
month
week
1st Friday eachmonth

Non-burnable
trash

Hazardous trash

1st Friday eachmonth

3rd Friday eachmonth

4th Tuesday each 2nd Tuesdaymontheach month
4th Wednesday
each month

2nd Wednesday
each month

3rd Friday eachmonth

1st Friday eachmonth

2nd Wednesday
each month

4th Wednesday
each month

1st Tuesday each 3rd Tuesday each
month
month

4th Thursday
each month

Tuesday andFriday each week

4th Thursday
each month

2nd Thursday
each month

1st Thursday
each month

Tuesday andFriday each week

1st Thursday
each month

3rd Thursday
each month

4th Monday eachmonth

Tuesday andFriday each week

4th Monday eachmonth

2nd Monday eachmonth

2nd Monday each
Tuesday andmonth
Friday each week

2nd Monday each
4th Monday each
month
month

1st Wednesday
each month

Tuesday andFriday each week

1st Wednesday
each month

3rd Wednesday
each month

3rd Wednesday
each month

Tuesday andFriday each week

3rd Wednesday
each month

1st Wednesday
each month- Trash is also collected on public holidays (Monday to Friday except the year-end and New Year holidays).
Please make use of it.
- A "Trash Collection Calendar" for your district will be sent to your household. We invite you to use it.

10. List of organizations to direct inquiries

Trash Recycling Manual: Table of Contents● For inquiries on trash collection, methods for disposal, and general matters pertaining to trash, please contact: ●1. Days to put out trash (by district) ………………………………………………………………

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2. Trash Recycling Manual: Table of contents …………………………………………………

2

3. Overview of separation and collection classiﬁcations for trash recycling …………………

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4. About trash separation…
① Recyclable trash "A" …………………………………………………………………………

4② Recyclable trash "B" …………………………………………………………………………

6③ Hard plastic ……………………………………………………………………………………

8④ Metal …………………………………………………………………………………………… 10⑤ PET plastic bottles ……………………………………………………………………………… 12⑥ White Styrofoam trays and milk cartons …………………………………………………… 14⑦ Burnable trash ………………………………………………………………………………… 16⑧ Non-burnable trash …………………………………………………………………………… 18⑨ Hazardous trash ……………………………………………………………………………… 20
5. How to dispose of trasha. Locations for trash disposal …………………………………………………………………… 22
b. Days and times for trash disposal …………………………………………………………… 24
c. City-designated trash collection bags ………………………………………………………… 25
6. Oversized trash
a. Types of oversized trash ……………………………………………………………………… 26

Life Environment Section, Hamura City
Tel.: 042-555-1111 Fax: 042-554-2921
E-mail: s208000@city.hamura.tokyo.jp● For inquiries regarding processing fees for oversized trash and recycling-related matters, please contact: ●Hamura City Recycle Center
Address: 4-221-1 Hane, Hamura-shi
Tel.: 042-578-1211
Fax: 042-578-1151● For appointments for oversized trash collection and human waste extraction, please contact: ●Hamura City Oversized Trash Center(Hamura City Human Waste Extraction Center)
Tel.: 042-570-7733● Hamura City website: ●http://www.city.hamura.tokyo.jp/● Website of the Life Environment Section: ●http://www.city.hamura.tokyo.jp/seikatsu/seikatsu.html

b. Disposal of oversized trash …………………………………………………………………… 28
7. Trash that cannot be collected or handled by Hamura Citya. Diﬃcult-to-process trash ……………………………………………………………………… 30

Help us reduce trash!

b. Recycling of household appliances …………………………………………………………… 31
c. Recycling of personal computers ……………………………………………………………… 32
d. Small rechargeable batteries ………………………………………………………………… 33
8. If your dog or cat should die… …………………………………………………………………… 33
9. Establishments that sell city-designated trash collection bags andwaste disposal tickets (oversized trash stickers) andestablishments in which collection boxes are located ("cooperating establishments") …… 34
10. List of organizations to direct inquiries ………………………………………………………… 35

Published on April 1, 2007
This Hamura City Trash Recycling Manual was prepared under the supervision of the Hamura City Council to
Promote Reduction of Waste (chair man: Keishi Yamamoto).

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3. Overview of separation and collection classiﬁcations for trash recycling(17 separation classiﬁcations, 10 collection classiﬁcations)
Recycling classiﬁcation

Separation classiﬁcation

Material recycling

Collection classiﬁcation1

Newspapers and ﬂiers

Bind together with string2

Paper waste

Put into a paper bag or bind together withmagazines.

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Magazines

1. Recyclable trash “A”
Bind together with string or bind together (Collected once weekly)
with wastepaper.
(Free)

4

Cardboard

Bind together with string5

Old clothes and fabrics

Bind together with string

6

Empty cans

Place in a container from your home

7

Empty bottles

Place in a container from your home

8

Plastic containers and Place in transparent or translucent plastic
packagingshopping bag, etc.

9Hard plastic

Material recycling

Material recycling andreuse

Method for disposal

2. Recyclable trash “B”(Collected once weekly)(Free)

Place in a container from your home or a 3. Hard plastictransparent or translucent plastic shopping (Collected twice monthly)bag, etc.
(Free)

10 MetalPlace in a container from your home or a 4. Metaltransparent or translucent plastic shopping (Collected once monthly)bag, etc.
(Free)

11 PET plastic bottles

Discard in a special collection box at a 6. Collection box trashcooperating establishment, or place in a (Accepted at any time)
container from your home or a transparent 5. PET plastic bottles(Collected twice monthly)or translucent plastic shopping bag, etc.
(Free)

12 White Styrofoam trays
13 Milk cartonsDiscard in a special collection box at a
6. Collection box trashcooperating establishment(Accepted at any time)(Free)
Discard in a special collection box at acooperating establishment

Thermal recycling(Incinerated ash goes tomaterial recycling)

14 Burnable trash

7. Burnable trash
Place in a city-designated trash collection (Collected twice weekly)bag (blue)(Fee charged)

Landﬁll(Some trash goes tomaterial recycling,
thermal recycling, andreuse)

15 Non-burnable trash

8. Non-burnable trash
Place in a city-designated trash collection(Collected once monthly)bag (yellow)(Fee charged)

Landﬁll(Some trash goes tomaterial recycling)

16 Hazardous trash

Place in a container from your home or a 9. Hazardous wastetransparent or translucent plastic shopping (Collected once monthly)bag, etc.
(Free)

Landﬁll and reuse(Some trash goes tomaterial recycling andthermal recycling)

17 Oversized trash

1. Collection at your home
2. Direct delivery to a collection station

10. Oversized trash(Accepted at any time)(Fee charged)

Material recycling: Recycling of waste as materials
Thermal recycling: Recycling by collecting heat from waste for use as thermal energy

34. About trash separation…

① Recyclable trash "A" (free collection)(Newspapers/ﬂiers, paper waste/magazines, cardboard, old clothes/fabrics)

Disposal: Collected from each house once weekly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ Recycling of recyclable trash "A" ]Paper items

Old clothes and fabrics

Paper wholesaler

Paper millPaper products(Material recycling)

Overseas export(Reuse)Textile plant

Spinning, rags
(Material recycling)

Textile wholesaler

Disposal method
Pack together

Bind with string

Bind with string

Bind with string

Newspapers and ﬂiers

Cardboard

Old clothes and fabrics

orPaper bag
Small papers,
etc.

Bind together as much as
possible with string

Bind with string

Paper waste

Magazines

Paper waste and magazines can be bound together.
If you don't have a paper bag available, it is acceptable to place small pieces of paper waste
between magazines.
Please remember that paper string can also be recycled, so be sure to use paper string whenever possible.

4Newspapers and ﬂiers

Paper waste

Magazines

Cardboard

The following types of paper cannot be recycled:

Tissue paper, photographs, kitchen paper, paper diapers, sanitary products, laminatedpaper, foil-coated paper, thermosensitive paper, carbon paper, oil-absorption paper,
waxed paper, cellophane, wax-treated paper, etc. Please discard these items asburnable trash.

Old clothes and fabrics (Please do not put these items out for collection on rainy days; instead, discard them on the next collection day.)
Underwear and soiled items cannot be recycled. Please discard these items asburnable trash.

Point 1: Please do not change the collection station, even if it is raining on the collection day. Discard old clothes
and fabrics on the following collection day; however, place newspapers, magazines, and other paper intheir usual location, even if they will get wet.
Point 2: Please shred items containing personal information (receipts, letters, etc.) before placing them out forcollection or discard them as burnable trash.
Point 3: Please dispose of milk cartons at collection boxes with the kami-pack mark.

Point 4: Please do not mix shredded paper with other paper waste. Instead, place it in a paper bag or transparent
or translucent plastic shopping bag (ensuring that it will not scatter) before placing it out for collection.
Point 5: Please discard paper packing for household appliances, etc., as paper waste.

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② Recyclable trash "B" (free collection)(Empty cans, empty bottles, plastic containers and packaging)

Disposal: Collected from each house once weekly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ Recycling of recyclable trash "B" ]Recycle Center(Sorting, compression,
volume reduction)

Empty cans

Recycle Center(Sorting)

Empty bottles

Plastic containers andpackaging

Iron foundry

Returnable bottles

Glass wholesaler

One-way bottles

Glass container plant

Recycle Center(Sorting and baling)

Disposal method

Plastics recycling plant(Recycling business)

Glass bottles(Reuse andmaterial
recycling)

Plastic products(Material recycling)

Transparent ortranslucent plastic
shopping bag, etc.

Container from home

Recyclable
trash
container

Cans and iron/steel(Material recycling)

Transparent ortranslucent plastic
shopping bag, etc.

orEmpty cans

Container from home

Transparent ortranslucent plastic
shopping bag, etc.

Plastic containers andpackagingor
Recyclable
trash
container

Empty bottles
Please discard cans and bottles using a container from your home whenever possible.
On windy days, please use a weight or other means to keep trash from ﬂying away.

*Hanging containers/bags from a gate or fence using an S-hook or other such object will prevent scattering and increase collection
eﬃciency.
Waste not placed in a container or a bag will not be collected.

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Empty cans

Empty bottles

Wash!

Plastic containers and packaging

Wash!

Wash if dirty!

Plastic bags

Cups and packs

Plastic bottles

Bags for snack foods, supermarket bags, etc.

Containers for cup ramen, prepared-foodpacks, dessert containers, natto containers, etc.

Shampoo and rinse bottles, detergent
containers, etc.

Patterned or colored trays

Caps and labels of PET plastic bottles

Buﬀering materials, etc.

White Styrofoam trays should bediscarded in collection boxes.

PET plastic bottles should bediscarded in collection boxes
bearing the PET mark.

Plastic buﬀering materials
Paper buﬀering materials should
be discarded as paper waste.

Point 1: Please wash and thoroughly drain cans, bottles and plastic containers and packaging before discarding
them. Items that can be wiped clean need not be washed; however, please be sure to wipe them clean
before discarding.
Point 2: In addition to beverage cans, snack food cans, metal bottle caps, and other such items may be discarded
as "empty cans."
Point 3: Bottles and cans having labels that are diﬃcult to remove may be disposed of as is.
Point 4: Please dispose of broken bottles by placing them in a transparent or translucent shopping bag, etc. (making
sure that they do not present a hazard), and indicate on the bag that it contains broken bottles
Point 5: Please take returnable bottles (beer bottles, sake bottles, etc.) to the shop where you purchased them or
have them collected for community recycling.
Point 6: Please discard diﬃcult-to-wash plastic containers and packaging (wasabi tubes, mustard pouches thatcome with natto, etc.) as burnable trash rather than as plastic containers and packaging or non-burnable
trash. If dirty items are included in a collection bag, all of the items in the bag become unrecyclable. Only
items that are diﬃcult to wash should be discarded as burnable trash. Please discard items that are easy
to wash as plastic containers and packaging. Incineration of unrecyclable plastic is employed as a meansof eliminating use of plastic waste in landﬁll.
Point 7: Do not dispose of Styrofoam boxes as is. Please break them into 15-centimeter pieces before disposal.

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③ Hard plastic (free collection)
Disposal: Collected from each house twice monthly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ Recycling of hard plastic ]Hard plastic

Recycle Center
City-managed center:
Chopping
Commissioned center:
Fracturing and ﬂaking

Plastics recycling plant

Recycled product(Material recycling)

Disposal method
Container from your home

Please use a container from your home whenever possible.

Recyclable
trash
containerorTransparent or translucent
plastic shopping bag, etc.

When doing so, please indicate that the container is fromyour home by clearly and boldly writing 資 源 容 器 or 資 源 入 れ(recyclable trash container) on the container.
While the collectors will realize it is a container and not collect iteven if it does not bear such writing, any confusion on the part ofcollectors will lower collection eﬃciency. We therefore ask you
to comply with this request.
Furthermore, when placing a hard plastic bucket or other suchcontainer out for collection, please place it in a transparent ortranslucent plastic shopping bag, etc., in order to indicate to thecollectors that it is to be collected as recyclable trash.

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Items that can be discarded as hard plastic are plastic products having a thickness equal to or greater than abank card and that do not contain any other materials.
Examples: Plastic buckets, hangers, bowls, strainers, cutting boards, pots for potted plants, planting boxes,
plastic tanks, CD cases, DVD cases, etc.

Items that contain or may contain parts other than hard plastic (such as screws orother metal parts) cannot be placed out for collection as hard plastic.

Shampoo bottles and other hard plastic objects that bear the "plastic" markareclassiﬁed as plastic containers and packaging. Please wash such items if they are
dirty and dispose of them with plastic containers and packaging.
Items bearing the PET markthem as PET plastic bottles.

are classiﬁed PET plastic bottles. Please dispose of

Items having a length of 50 centimeters or more on one side are classified as

50cm 以上 oversized trash. Please see page 26 for details on disposal.
Items that cannot be disposed of as hard plastic

Bowling balls, weight stones, CDs, DVDs,
videotapes, videotape cases, transparent
ﬁling folders, plastic tire chains, etc.

Point 1: Items that are soiled with paint or other substances can be discarded as hard plastic.
Point 2: Items that have deteriorated due to being left outside in your garden or other area may be put out forcollection.
Point 3: If a hard plastic item contains screws or other metal parts, the plastic components may be discarded
as hard plastic if the item is disassembled and there are no other materials remaining attached to theplastic. The removed screws and other metal parts may be discarded as metal. If the item cannot bedisassembled, please discard it as non-burnable trash.

9④ Metal (free collection)
Disposal: Collected from each house once monthly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ Metal recycling ]Metal

Recycle Center(Fracturing)

Iron foundry

Recycled product(Material recycling)

Disposal method
Container from your home

Please use a container from your home whenever possible.
Recyclable
trash
container

When doing so, please indicate that the container is fromyour home by clearly and boldly writing 資 源 容 器 or 資 源 入 れ(recyclable trash container) on the container.

orWhile the collectors will realize it is a container and not collect iteven if it does not bear such writing, any confusion on the part ofcollectors will lower collection eﬃciency. We therefore ask you
to comply with this request.

Transparent or translucent
plastic shopping bag, etc.

Furthermore, when placing a metal bucket or other suchcontainer out for collection, please place it in a transparent ortranslucent plastic shopping bag, etc., in order to indicate to thecollectors that it is to be collected as recyclable trash.

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Items that can be discarded as metal are metal products that do not contain any other materials. However,items having handles that are not metal may be disposed of as metal (please remove the handle if possible).
Examples of items that can be discarded as is: Spoons, forks, knives, scoops, wrenches, thumbtacks, nails,
clips, staples, sewing needles, metal hangers, etc.
Examples of items that should have handles removed: Pots and pans, kettles, frying pans, kitchen knives,
etc.

Please wrap sharp items (kitchen knives, razors, etc.) that may harm people in paperor other material and write the name of the items on the outside.
When discarding small items (such as thumbtacks, nails, clips, staples, or sewing
needles), please wrap the items in paper or other material, write the name of the itemson the outside, and put them out in a manner that will prevent spilling.

Please discard empty cans and metal caps as recyclable material "B" (empty cans).

50cm 以上 oversized trash. Please see page 26 for details on disposal.

Items having a length of 50 centimeters or more on one side are classified as

Items that cannot be disposed of as metal
Spray cans, dumbbells, jacks, metal tire chains, irons, sewing machines, etc.

Point 1: If a metal item contains parts made of plastic, wood, or other material, the metal components may bediscarded as metal if the item is disassembled and there are no other materials remaining attached to themetal. The removed plastic may be discarded as hard plastic if no other materials are attached to it. If
the item cannot be disassembled, please discard it as non-burnable trash.

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⑤ PET plastic bottles (free collection)
Disposal: May be placed in special collection boxes at any time.
Collected from each house twice monthly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ Recycling of PET plastic bottles ]PET plastic bottles

Recycle Center(Compression, volume
reduction, and baling)

Bag-manufacturing plant

City-designated trashcollection bags
(Material recycling)

PET plastic bottles that are collected by the city are reborn as city-designated trash collection bags.
The PET plastic bottles that you discarded are recycled into the trash bags that you use.

Disposal method
PET plastic bottles

Container from your
home

or

Recyclable
trash
container

Transparent ortranslucent plastic
shopping bag, etc.

orPlease place your PET plastic bottles in a containerfrom your home rather than a bag whenever possible.

Collection station

Home collection

The city collects PET plastic bottles at both collection stations and individual homes.
When using a collection station, please discard your bottles in a special collection box located in acooperating establishment.
Please take the bag you used to bring the bottles to the collection box home with you for later reuse.
Because collection boxes are installed in cooperating establishments, we ask that you show courtesy
when using them. (Collection boxes are not trash cans.)

12Remove cap and label.
Please discard the removed
cap and label with plastic
containers and packaging.

Rinse with water.

Crush.

Point 1: For bottles that are diﬃcult to distinguish (soy sauce bottles, sauce bottles, etc.), use the markings on thebottle as a guide. A "PET 1" markindicates that the item is a PET plastic bottle, and a " プラ " (pura)
markindicates that it is a plastic container or packaging.
Point 2: For soy sauce bottles having hard-to-remove inner caps and bottles on which a ring remains after cap
removal, there is no need to forcibly remove these pieces. The bottles may be discarded as is.
Point 3: The white part at the mouth of the bottle is also made of PET resin. There is no need to remove it.
Point 4: The city conducts home collection of PET plastic bottles because it understands that senior citizens,
people with disabilities, and other members of society have diﬃculty taking bottles to collection boxes.
Because such collections are made just twice a month, please take your bottles to a collection box if you
ﬁnd that they have accumulated in your home.

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⑥ White Styrofoam trays and milk cartons(free collection)
Disposal: May be placed in special collection boxes at any time.

[ Recycling of white Styrofoam trays and milk cartons ]White Styrofoam trays

Recycle Center

Milk cartons

Wholesaler

Plastics recycling plant(Recycling business)

Videotapes, etc.
(Material recycling)

Paper millPaper products(Material recycling)

Disposal method
White Styrofoam trays

Milk cartonsPlease discard your trays/cartons in a special collection box located in a cooperating establishment.
Please take the bag you used to bring the trays/cartons to the collection box home with you for laterreuse.
Because collection boxes are installed in cooperating establishments, we ask that you show courtesy
when using them. (Collection boxes are not trash cans.)

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White Styrofoam trays

Remove cellophane
wrapping
Please wash theremoved wrappingand dispose of it withplastic containers
and packaging.
Labels may be left
on the wrapping.

Wash with water.

Dry thoroughly.

Take to collection box.

Milk cartonsRinse out theinside well.

Cut open.

Dry thoroughly.

Take to a collection box.

Point 1: "White Styrofoam trays" are containers (plates) used in sales (retail sales) of fresh ﬁsh, meat, fruits, andother products that are white in color.
Point 2: Please discard trays with patterns printed on them, colored trays, and natto containers with plastic
containers and packaging.
Point 3: If a carton has a plastic spout, please cut out the spout before discarding it. (Discard the spout withplastic container or packaging.)
Point 4: Discard cartons that have a foil coating on the inside as burnable trash.

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⑦ Burnable trash(fee charged for collection)
Disposal: Collected from each house twice weekly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ Recycling of burnable trash ]Incineratedash

Nishitama Eiseikumiai(incineration)

Burnable trashEco-cement facility

Eco-cement

Use of residual
heat (steam)Electric power
generation

Heating

Fresh Land Nishitama(Thermal recycling)

60% of the electric power
consumption of Nishitama
Eiseikumiai(Thermal recycling)

Construction materials(Material recycling)

Disposal method
Hamura City
Burnable trash collectionbag (blue)

Items that can be collected for free*Hanging bags from a gate or fence using an S-hookor other such object will prevent scattering by cats,etc., and increase collection eﬃciency.

Place in a double bag.

Please place paper
diapers in a transparent
or translucent bag andwrite " お む つ " (diapers)on the outside. Up to twobags (capacity of 45 liters
or less) will be acceptedfor each diaper user.

50

cm

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les

s

n
th o m
an or
30 e
cm

Up to six bundles or bags of tree branches or grass/leaves
will be accepted.
If you have more than six bags/bundles, please spreaddisposal out over diﬀerent collection days. Only six bags/
bundles will be picked up, even if you place more out forcollection.

Tree branches: Please bind branches having a length of 50 cm or less and a diameter of 10 cm or lessinto bundles of no more than 30 cm in diameter.
Grass/leaves: Please put into transparent or translucent bags with a capacity of 45 liters or less.

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Kitchen trash

Daily goods

Drain thoroughly!

Stuffed animals, shoes, boots, sandals, leather
items, rubber items, bandages, disposable
chopsticks, sanitary pads, cat box litter, cold
insulators, wallets, bags, belts, etc.

Food scraps and leftovers, eggshells, seashells,
cigarette butts, chewing gum, etc.

Soft plastic products

CDs, DVDs,
MDs, ﬂoppy
disks, videotapes,
cassette tapes
Because videotape cases are made of soft plastic,
they can be disposed of with the videotape.
Cases for items other than videotape are madeof hard plastic, and they should be disposed of
separately.
Paper labels are classiﬁed as paper waste.

Products made of soft vinyl or plastic material (e.g.,raincoats, swimming tubes, etc.) that are other thanplastic containers and packaging

Un-recyclable paper, fabrics, and plastic containers and packaging
Un-recyclable paper: Tissue paper, photographs, kitchen paper, diapers, sanitary pads, laminated paper, foilcoated paper, thermosensitive paper, carbon paper, oil-absorption paper, waxed paper,
cellophane, wax-treated paper, used calligraphy paper, etc.
Un-recyclable fabrics: Underwear, socks, medical dressings, cotton work
gloves, soiled items, etc.
Diﬃcult-to-wash plastic containers and packaging:
Wasabi tubes, mustard pouches that come with
natto, etc.
Point 1: Eighty percent of kitchen trash is liquid, so please drain your trash thoroughly. Also, please be aware thatoverstocking of food leads to waste.
Point 2: Please wash plastic containers and packaging and dispose of them as plastic containers and packaging.

Point 3: Please soak up cooking oil, cosmetic creams, paint, and other such items with paper or cloth before
discarding.
Point 4: Please remove all waste stuck to paper diapers and ﬂush it down the toilet.
For hygienic reasons that include prevention of odor, please place diapers in a transparent or translucent
bag, and then place this bag in another bag.
Point 5: Please place paper diapers for pets in a city-designated trash collection bag.
Point 6: If you have a large amount of tree branches to dispose of, you may take these branches directly to the
Recycle Center (a fee will be charged).
Point 7: Please place broken-down lumber, boards, and wood products; bamboo lattice; and other such items into
a city-designated trash collection bag. Items larger than 50 cm should be disposed of as oversized trash.

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⑧ Non-burnable trash(fee charged for collection)
Disposal: Collected from each house once monthly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ What happens to non-burnable trash? ]Recycle Center
Non-burnable trashHand-sorting

1. Composite plastic items in which hard plastic is
the main material (toys, eyeglasses, ﬂashlights,
etc.)- Composite plastic items with little hard plastic(clocks, calculators, electric cords, etc.)- Ceramic and glass items (rice bowls, dishes,
cups, etc.)

2. Small household electrical goods (video decks,
radio-cassette players, radios, etc.)

1. Largely hard plastic items

2. Smallhouseholdelectrical goods

Recyclable items
Hard plastic, metal

Recycling(Material
recycling)

Reuse

Composite metal, plastic,
and wood items

Ceramics items
Glass items

Crushing

Crushing

Metal

Wood
Plastic

Ceramic and glass
waste, etc.

Recycling(Material)

Nishitama
Eiseikumiai(Thermal recycling)

Futatsuzuka Waste
Processing Facility(Landﬁll)

Disposal method

Hamura City
Non-burnable trashcollection bag (yellow)

When discarding a long umbrella, please
place it a bag that is large enough tocontain at least half of the umbrella.

18Composite plastic items

Small household electrical goods

Ceramic and glass items

Toys, clocks, umbrellas, calculators,
pens, eyeglasses, ﬂashlights, etc.

Video decks, electric heaters, ricecookers, vacuum cleaners, radio-cassette
players, radios, telephones, etc., that areless than 50-centimeters long on a side

Rice bowls, plates, ceramic items, pots
for potted plants, glass, cups, light bulbs,
etc.

Items that cannot be disposed of as non-burnable trash
Almost all non-burnable trash can be recycled.
Items that can be discarded as non-burnable trash are thoseincluded in the three categories mentioned above. Please do
not discard items that do not fall into these three categories as
non-burnable trash.
Please discard of plastic containers and wrapping as plastic
containers and wrapping. However, difficult-to-washplastic containers and wrapping should be discarded asburnable trash.
Soft plastic items (products made of soft vinyl or plastic material― such as raincoats, swimming tubes, etc. ― that are other thanplastic containers and packaging) should be disposed of withburnable trash.
Shoes and sandals should be discarded with burnable trash.
Magnetic recording media (CDs, DVDs, MDs, floppy disks,
videotapes, cassette tapes, etc.) should be discarded asburnable trash.

Point 1: Please take steps to ensure that broken glass is harmless, and indicate that the city-designated trashcollection bag contains broken glass by attaching a label, etc.
Point 2: Although light bulbs are considered non-burnable trash, ﬂuorescent tubes (including light bulb-shaped
ﬂuorescent lights) are considered hazardous trash because they contain mercury.
Point 3: Plastic from composite plastic items may be disposed of as hard plastic if the item is disassembled andno other materials are attached to the hard plastic. Removed screws and other metal parts may bediscarded as metal.
Point 4: Soft plastic items (products made of soft vinyl or plastic material-such as raincoats,swimming tubes, etc.-that are other than plastic containers and packaging) should
be disposed of with burnable trash.
Point 5: Spray cans, gas canisters for cassette-type cooking stoves, and disposable
lighters are considered hazardous trash. DO NOT include these items in nonburnable trash due to the danger of explosion or ﬁre.
Point 6: Fire extinguishers cannot be collected or handled by the city. Please do notdiscard them as non-burnable trash.

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⑨ Hazardous trash (free collection)
Disposal: Collected from each house once monthly. Please put out for collection by 8:00 A.M.

[ What happens to hazardous trash? ]Recyclable
materials
Glass, metal

Fluorescent tubes
and batteries

Recycle Center

Processing facility

Other materials

Recycling(Material
recycling)

LandﬁllLandﬁll

Mirrors

Recycle Center

Processing facility

Recyclable
material
Metal
Spray cans

Recycling(Material recycling)

Recycle Center(Crushing)Landﬁll
Disposable
lighters

Recycle Center

Disposal method

Transparent or translucent
plastic shopping bag, etc.

Container from your home

Recyclable
trash
container

Processing facility

orWhen discarding a fluorescent tube or
light, please place it in the paper caseor box that its replacement came in toprevent breakage.

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Items containing mercury
Standard light bulbs do not contain mercury, so theyshould be discarded as non-burnable trash rather thanhazardous trash.

Fluorescent tubes, ﬂuorescent lights, light bulb-shaped
ﬂuorescent lights, thermometers, mirrors, etc.

Batteries
Please take small rechargeable batteries (nickel-cadmium batteries,
nickel metal hydride batteries, lithium-ion batteries, and small
sealed lead-acid batteries) that are used in remote-control toy cars,
electric screwdrivers, electric toothbrushes, video cameras, etc., toa cooperating establishment that collects them. These batteries are
identiﬁable by this mark:.

Dry-cell batteries (primary batteries), button batteries

Flammable items

Items that cannot be discarded withhazardous waste
Please discard videotapes, cassette tapes, and othertapes as burnable trash.

Disposable lighters, LP gas cartridges, spray cans marked" 火 気 厳 禁 " (kakigenkin: ﬂammable), gas canisters forcassette-type cooking stoves, etc.

Point 1: Please discard spray cans as is (i.e., without opening a whole in them) after their contents have beenused up. (Poking a hole in the can may cause it to explode.)In the case of spray cans and gas canisters for cassette-type cooking stoves that come with a contentsrelease valve, please use this valve to fully expel all of the contents before discarding the can/canister.
Point 2: Please use all of the contents of disposable lighters before discarding them.
Point 3: Please do not break ﬂuorescent tubes and lights when discarding them.

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