Garbage Separation and Disposal (Kasama)
Please put garbage out on collection day by 8PM
Please help protect our environment by separating your garbage, and reduce,reuse, and recycle.

Normal Collection AreaBurnables

Red Garbage Bag
Food scraps, plastic, rubber goods, paper, etc.
Tie bags, label with your name, and set it out.

Drain food scraps well.

Soak small amounts of cooking oil in paper towels or cloth before disposing.

Remove excretions before disposing of paper diapers.

Cut trees or branches into pieces 15cm in diameter and 50cm in length or less.

Garbage larger than the designated bag is considered bulk garbage.

Non-Burnables

Blue Container
Ceramics, metals (not listed in recyclables), glass, light bulbs, nails, razorblades, small
electronics, other items not listed as recyclables.
Attach one disposal ticket to the blue non-burnables container, write yourname on the ticket, and fill container with non-burnable garbage.

Non-burnable garbage without a disposal ticket or not in a designatedcontainer will not be collected.

Purchase disposal tickets at participating supermarkets, convenience stores,
and other shops in Kasama City.

Put nails, razorblades, broken glass, etc. in plastic bags and label them キケン(kiken) which means “dangerous” with its contents. Then place in the bluecontainer.

Hazardous Garbage

Blue container
Fluorescent bulb, spray cans, alkaline batteries, mercury thermometersPut hazardous garbage in clear plastic bags. Then put the clear bags together

with “other bottles” in the blue container (same day).
Recyclables (Cans)

Blue ContainerAluminum and steel cans

Please rinse empty cans with water before putting out for collection.

Rusty orCans or bottles that contained oil are to be disposed of as burnable garbage.

Recyclables (Glass Bottles)

Blue Container
Plastic (PET) bottles.
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Empty all plastic (PET) bottles, remove caps and labels, and rinse with water.

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Remove all bottle caps. (Dispose of plastic caps in burnable garbage.)Remove all bottle caps. (Metal caps go into the blue non-burnables container,and plastic caps go in burnable garbage.)Empty out cans and bottles and rinse with water.

Recyclables (Paper)

Normal Collection Area
Cardboard, newspaper, magazines, drink cartons, styrofoam trays, spray cans.
Separate cardboard, newspapers, magazines (pamphlets etc.), drink cartons, tie eachtype together, and put at your collection area

Cut open, rinse, and dry milk cartons.

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Rinse and dry styrofoam trays.

Puncture a hole in each spray can after emptying its contents.

Put styrofoam trays, spray cans, and clothing in separate clear bags, and label
each bag with its contents. Then place them in the Blue recyclables container.

Refrain from setting out any garbage when it is raining.

Stack and tie them together with string, and leave them in the collection area.

Shared Collection Container
Recyclables (Plastic PET bottles, Styrofoam Trays, Drink Cartons, Clothing)

Shared Collection Container

Plastic (PET) bottles.
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Empty all plastic (PET) bottles, remove caps and labels, and rinse with water.

Remove all bottle caps. (Dispose of plastic caps in burnable garbage.)

Remove all bottle caps. (Metal caps go into the blue non-burnables container,and plastic caps go in burnable garbage.)Empty out cans and bottles and rinse with water.

Alkaline Batteries
Alkaline Batteries

Normal Collection Area

Place in clear bag, and leave in the normal collection area.

Hazardous Garbage
Lighters, Spray cans, Gas canisters, Light bulbs, Mercury thermometers

Normal Collection Area

Place in clear bag, and leave in the normal collection area.

Collected on the same day as “Other Bottles”.

Bulk Garbage
Large appliances, bicycles, carpets, gas stoves, furniture, tatami, corrugated sheet
metal, etc.
Purchase disposal tickets for bulk garbage and make pickup requests atKasama City Hall's Environmental Conservation Division, or branch offices.
(Or drop off bulk garbage at the "Kankyo Center" garbage disposal facility.)"Small” items (L+W<3m) require 1 disposal ticket per item. “Large” items(L+W+H≥3m) require 2 disposal tickets per item.

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Put out your garbage for pickup on the date as indicated on your bulk disposalticket.

You may request pickups for up to 3 items at a time.

Fully drain/empty kerosene heaters.

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Cut corrugated sheet metal into 1.8m squares (or less) and tie together instacks of 5.

Cut off electric cords from appliances and dispose as non-burnables in pieces<20cm.

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Certain appliances (TVs, refrigerators, freezers, A/C units, washing machines,dryers, and computers) must be taken to a recycling center, or returned to adealer.

Items Not Collected
Gasoline, flammable fuels, fire extinguishers, medical waste, tires, rims, constructionwaste, car batteries and parts, motorcycles, ashes, sand, gas canisters, fertilizer, paint,excess amounts of styrofoam or plastic, TVs, refrigerators, A/C units, washing machines,dryers.
Bring these items to 2nd hand shops, or use professional services to dispose.
Irregular excesses of garbage due to moving, etc.

Excess garbage due to business or industrial related activities → Dispose ofyour garbage through city certified professional services.

※ Not all items are collected.
Inquiries
Kasama City Hall
(Environmental Conservation Division)
Kasama City Hall Kasama Regional Branch(Community Division)
0296-77-1101

Burnable Garbage Pickup Days
Monday and Thursday Course(Yellow Areas on Map)
4-ku (Along Shin-tsutsumi and Route 50), Ohashi (28 ~ 33-ku), Ikenobe (41 ~ 45 ku),
Fukuda (35 ~ 38-ku), Iida (46 ~ 50-ku), Fukuhara (101 ~ 109-ku), Iiai and Inada areas
on north side of Route 50.
Tuesday and Friday Course(Green Areas on Map)
23-ku, Nakaikebara (62-ku), Terasaki (67 ~ 67-1 ku), Kanai (70-ku), Obuchi (71 ~ 74-ku),
Hondo (75 ~ 79-ku), Kurusu (80 ~ 82 -1-ku), Kitayoshihara (83-ku), Minamiyoshihara(84-ku), Tegoe (85-ku), Kamikakada (86 ~ 87-ku), Iiai and the south side of Route 50 inthe Inada areaWednesday and Saturday Course(Red Areas on Map)
Daigo (54 ~ 58-ku), Kataba (51-ku), Hakoda (60 ~ 61-ku and 63 ~ 66-ku), Hizawa(68-ku), Ishidera (69-ku)
Burnable Garbage Pickup Map

Non-Burnable and Recyclable Pickup Days
NonBurnables

Yellow Areas

1st Sat.

Cans
Newspaper

Magazines

Cardboard (Aluminumand Steel)2nd Fri.

3rd Fri.

Clear

Brown

Bottles,

Bottles

Bottles Hazardous
Garbage

4th Fri.
1st Mon.

28-ku to 45-ku

Other

2nd Sat.

2nd Thurs.

3rd Thurs.

4th Thurs.

1st Fri.

2nd Weds.

3rd Weds.

4th Weds.

1st Mon.

2ndMon.

4th Mon.

Blue Areas(23-ku,67-1-ku,including

1st Tues.

kitanonyuujuutaku)
50-ku, 71-ku to 74-ku

2nd Fri.

2nd Thurs.

3rd Thurs.

4th Thurs.

1st Thurs.

2nd Thurs.

3rd Thurs.

4th Thurs.

1st

2ndTues.

Tues.

1st

2ndWeds.

Weds.

1st

2ndThurs.

Thurs.

4th Tues.

51-ku to 67-ku, 68-ku
to 70-ku (excluding
kitanonyuujuutaku)

1st Weds.

Red Areas (Part of15-ku, including

2nd Thurs.

2nd Fri.

3rd Fri.

4th Fri.

1st Weds.

2nd Weds.

3rd Weds.

4th Weds.

4th Weds.

shieishimoichigejuutaku)
Green Areas

1st Thurs.
75-ku to 82-1-ku

2nd Weds.

2nd Mon.

3rd Mon.

4th Mon.

Iiai, all Inada areas

1st Tues.

2nd Tues.

3rd Tues.

4th Tues.

83-ku to 86-ku

2nd Tues.

101-ku to 104-ku

1st Mon.

105-ku to 109-ku

2nd Mon.

2nd Mon.

3rd Mon.

4th Mon.

2nd Tues.

3rd Tues.

4th Tues.

1st Fri.

1st Fri.

1st Sat.

1st Sat.

2ndFri.

2ndSat.

4th Thurs.

4th Fri.

4th Sat.

Non-Burnable and Recyclable Pickup Map

Alkaline Battery Pickup Schedule(March and October)

Areas

29th

1-ku to 27-ku

30th

28-ku to 74-ku

31st

75-ku to 110-ku