1. science
2. ecology
3. waste management
4. recycling

How to sort your trash and garbage
Please be ecoeco-friendly through more recycling by properly sorting your trash and garbage.
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Reduce garbage through the 3R principles!
Put Out Garbage in Careful Compliance with the Rules
New 9-Category Sorting Starts
Garbage Sorting Points
Look for the ‘Distinguishing Mark’ when sorting
●Burnable Garbage
●Non-burnable Garbage
●Recyclable plastic containers & packaging
●Bottles & cans
●Plastic beverage bottles – PET bottles
10
●Old paper
11
●Dangerous items
12
●Large trash
13
Trash not collected by the City
14
Taking your garbage and trash to the facilities by yourself.
15
Disposal methods for TV sets, air conditioners, washing machines & clothes dryers,
refrigerators & freezers
16
Disposal methods for personal home computers & cellular phones
17
Disposal methods for home fire-extinguishers & motorcycles
18
Subsidies for composters and for promoting group collection of recyclable household trash
19
Prohibited Activities
20
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Reduce Garbage through the 3R Principles!
3R stands for Reduce,
Reduce, Reuse,
Reuse and Recycle,
Recycle and is the keyword for Garbage Reduction. If each
citizen practices 3R, it will contribute to garbage reduction, saving limited resources/energy and
decreasing the burden on the environment such as global warming, and finally leading to the
realization of a recycling society.
Reduce
Refuse to accept over-wrapping.
Use your own bag.
Don’t leave the food half-eaten.
Buy just enough food to eat.
Carry your chopsticks with you.
●Since June 1, 2009, many supermarkets in the city have ceased to offer free plastic grocery bags.
Reuse
Make use of flea markets.
Repair broken items to use them again.
Use refillable articles.
Use returnables, such as beer- or sake- bottles.
Recycle
Sort strictly according to regulations.
Make use of stores’ collection boxes.
Join group collection of recyclable waste.
Buy recyclable or eco-goods. Compost kitchen garbage.
●The City government will provide a subsidy for the purchase of a processor to make kitchen
garbage into compost. (See page 19.)
Mixed garbage makes mere waste, Right sorting creates resources.
Much of the discarded garbage could be recycled if put out after being sorted properly.
Therefore, it is necessary for you to sort garbage correctly,
correctly, following the established rules. When
in doubt about how to sort, please consult “The Garbage Sorting Guidebook.”
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Put Out Garbage in Careful Compliance with the Rules
Sort garbage carefully according to the rules.
Correct sorting according to the rules will lead to garbage reduction and effective reuse
of recyclable wastes. Please follow the sorting stipulations in “The Garbage Sorting
Guidebook.”
Please note that items put out against rules will be left uncollected.
Put out garbage on designated days of the week.
Please refer to “The Garbage Collection Calendar,” distributed separately to each
household. The calendar is also available at the Garbage Reduction Section on the
second floor of the City Hall, at city branch offices, or at your nearby community center.
Put out garbage by 7:30 a. m. on collection days.
To avoid biting/picking by crows/stray cats, please refrain from putting garbage out the
previous night. Be sure to put it out in the morning, before 7:30 a. m.
Put out garbage at designated garbage stations.
Please confirm the location of your nearest station with your local community
association (jichikai) and follow its instructions.
Garbage left uncollected at the station.
Garbage put out that is not in accordance with the rules will be left uncollected with a
warning seal stuck on it (See example to the right). Please take home your uncollected
garbage and put it out again correctly.
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New 99-Category Sorting Starts!
Starts!
The Niihama City’s 9-Category Sorting System is starting on October 1, 2009. The major changes
are as follows:
◇ ‘Plastics’ collection is limited to containers and packaging and is newly categorized as
“Recyclable Plastic Containers & Packaging.” (Other plastics are newly categorized into
“Burnable.”)
◇Former categories, “Non-burnable Dangerous items” and “Small crushable” are integrated and
newly categorized as “Non-burnable.” (Of the former “Non-burnable,” incinerable materials are
newly treated as “Burnable.”)
◇Bottles must be sorted according to colors and put into the appropriate container, while cans
collected go into the net and ‘Dangerous items’ into the appropriate container.
Table of New 9 Sorting Categories
Sorting
g Category
Burnable
new category!
NonNon-burnable
new category!
Recyclable Plastic
Plastic
Containers &
Packaging
item examples
how-to-put-out
collection frequency
paper, cloth, wood, leather articles,
non-recyclable plastic or rubber
in transparent or
semi-transparent
plastic bags
twice a week
small-sized electrical appliances,
metal, ceramics, glass, cassette-type
*less than 30 cm
gas cylinder
in transparent or
semi-transparent
plastic bags
twice a month
plastic containers &
packaging marked with
pura-mark
in transparent or
semi-transparent
plastic bags
once a week
drink bottles (transparent, brown,
and other colors)
Into the container
separately
according to color
drink cans, confectionary cans,
spray-cans(cosmetics, insecticide)
directly into the
net
soft drink and alcohol bottles,
bottles for seasonings such as
soy-sauce and vinegar, marked
with PET-mark
directly into the
net
twice a month
Old Paper
newspaper (including fliers),
magazines, miscellaneous paper, cardboard,
paper-cartons for drinks (milk, etc.)
Bundle
papers
according to kind.
twice a month
Dangerous
Items
dry cell batteries, mercury thermometers,
fluorescent lamps
into the container
according to kind
four times a
year
30~180cm items such as furniture,
electrical
appliances,
bedding,
bicycles,etc.
up to10 items per
pick-up
Put out in front of
the door.
Door-to-door
collection on
application
basis
Bottles & Cans
PET bottles
Large Trash
For Recycle Use
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twice a month
Garbage Sorting Points
Start sorting!
Larger
Check 1 Larger than 30 cm?
Check 2 Disposable at
at city facilities?
Yes
Smaller
Check 3
Recyclable?
Yes
Recyclable plastic
containers & packaging
cups, trays, bags, tubes,
bottles, etc.
marked with pura-mark
…to page 8
Bottles & cans
drink bottles,aluminum cans,
steel cans, etc.,
…to page 10
PET bottles
bottles
soft drink and alcohol
bottles, bottles for
seasonings such as
soy-sauce and vinegar,
marked with PET-mark
…to page 9
Old paper
newspapers, magazines,
wrapping paper, paper
bags, boxes, cardboard,
milk cartons, etc.
…to page 11
Dangerous items
dry cell batteries,
mercury thermometers,
fluorescent lamps
…to page 12
No
No
Large trash
furniture, electrical
appliances,
bedding, bicycles,
other large items
…to page 13
SelfSelf-transport items
trash from moving, trash from
demolished houses, leaves,
branches from trimming, etc.
…to page 14
Check 4
HardHard-toto-process trash
tires, dangerous objects,
batteries, discarded oil, medical
instruments, boilers, etc.
…to page 14
Recycle items
items the law obliges
their makers to recycle
…to page 14
Burnable?
Yes
No
Burnable
NonNon-burnable
burnable
kitchen garbage, waste paper,
clothing, cloth, wood, leather,
rubber, plastic articles except
containers & packaging, etc.
…to page 6
small electrical appliances,
metal, ceramics, glass, etc.
…to page 7
Help for confusing items!
*These are “Burnable.”
Shells, refrigerant/desiccant, CDs/DVDs, cassettes, video
tapes, rubber gloves, rubber boots, disposable kairo
(pocketwarmers), false teeth
* These are “Non“Non-burnable.”
Aluminum foil, lighters, floppy disks MDs MOs, plastic
articles containing much metal
Check Points
Check 1 The garbage processing lines of the city facility are designed to deal with objects less than
30 cm. Therefore, items larger than 30 cm are not to be collected at the stations. (They
are collected separately as “Large Trash.”) But 1.8-litter sake bottles and fluorescent
lamps are exceptions, collected due to their recyclability.
Check 2 Items larger than 180 cm, metal thicker than 2 mm, trees larger than 25 cm in diameter
or car parts (tires, batteries) are not processed in the city’s crushing facilities.
Incidentally, “Recyclable plastic containers & packaging” are bound to be processed by
makers under the law.
Check 3 Items with stains that have not been removed are not to be recycled. Therefore, those
items are not acceptable as “Recyclable” but treated as “Burnable.”
Check 4 Items of composite materials should be broken down so that each material can be sorted
according to its criteria. If separation is impossible, sorting should be decided with
respect to its predominant material.
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Look for the ‘Distinguishing Mark’ when sorting.
The “Promotion of Effective Use of Resources” law obliges the manufacturers of a
certain number of items to clearly indicate a specified mark on each item. The mark
will be a definite guide for sorting.
Legally specified marks
Recyclable plastic containers & packaging
PET bottles
Burnable garbage
Cans
Paper containers & packaging
Cup noodle
Sweets box
Paper lid (aluminum-coated on the back)
Outer box (paper) & Wrapping paper
Plastic wrapping & Container (plastic) &
Small bags for soup, etc.
Inner tray (plastic)
3-caramelcaramel-custardcustard-cup carton
Desiccant
Tissues
Lid (plastic) & Plastic wrapping &
Used tissues
Cup (plastic)
Plastic wrapping & Outlet (plastic)
Base (paper)
Tobacco
Box
Spray can
Aluminum paper & Cigarette butts
Cap (plastic) & Plastic wrapping
Plastic wrapping
Body (to be punctured after contents is used up)
Outer box
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Burnable garbage
*Collected twice a week.
*Put it into a transparent or semi-transparent plastic bag.
*Carry it to the assigned burnable station on collection day by 7:30 in the morning.
Items
Kitchen garbage
●food scraps ●shells ●cooking
●disposable wooden chopsticks
●toothpicks,
etc.
oil
*Must be well-drained.
*Oil must be soaked into paper or be
solidified.
Note
Please squeeze out
garbage before you
put it into a plastic
bag.
Should not be wet.
Put food scraps
into a paper box
made of newspaper
to dry. They will
then be smaller
and lighter.
Leather articles
●shoes
(except ski boots and other special shoes)
●bags
(except large ones such as suitcases)
●purses
●belts,
etc.
Note
You can put out leather articles
with metal buckles or fittings
as burnable.
Clothes (up to two bags per time.)
NonNon-recyclable wastepaper
●clothes (hats, gloves, socks, etc.)
●old cloth ●curtains ●sheets
●towels ●pillows (less than 30cm)
●stuffed toys (less than 30cm) ,
etc.
Weeds, leaves, and small branches
(up to two bags per time)
●weeds
●small
(remove soil)
●dead
leaves
branches
(less than 30cm long by 1cm in diameter)
●disposable diapers
●paper soiled with
(remove excrement) ●cigarette butts
foil or Saran wrap
●photos
oil or food ●cores from aluminum
and coated paper, etc.
Other
●cassettes ●video tapes ●CDs, DVDs (include cases)
●matches, fireworks (soak in water before discarding)
● gloves ● vinyl hose (less than 1m) ● rubber gloves
and boots ●ballpoint pens
●plastic products (other than recyclable plastic containers
and packages),
etc.
Where does collected burnable garbage go?
Collected burnable is incinerated at the Seiso Center, at a high temperature (~850℃) so as not to
generate dioxin. The ash is sent to the Ehime Industrial Disposal Treatment Center, where it is
melted into a glass substance and reused as road base materials.
CollectionIncineratorAsh is transported to the Disposal Centerfor reuse after melting.
*The City government is providing subsidies for the purchase of composters to make
kitchen garbage into compost.
Please recycle your clothes by making use of group collection in your community.
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Non burnable
burnable garbage
*Collected twice a month.
*Put it into a transparent or semi-transparent plastic bag.
*Carry it to the assigned non-burnable station on collection day by 7:30 in the morning.
Items
SmallSmall-sized electrical appliances
(less than 30cm)
Metal products
(less than 30 cm including handles)
●driers ●electronic shavers ●mixers
●electric pots ●toasters ●irons
●telephones ●calculators ●clocks, etc.
●cooking pots
●frying pans ●kitchen or other
knives (wrap with paper) ●spoons & forks
●kettles ●scissors ●needles ●metal toys
●wire (cut to less than 1m and bend or roll up) , etc.
Note
Toys made of plastic are burnable but toys with
batteries are non-burnable.
Ceramics
●rice bowls ●dishes
●vases ●plant pots, etc.
*Broken ceramics must be
wrapped with paper to avoid
harm.
Glass
●glass tableware
●light bulbs
●broken sheet glass
*Broken glass must be wrapped
with paper to avoid harm.
Other
●electronic cords ●floppy disks
●mirrors ●razors ●lighters
●gas cylinder cassettes
●cosmetic
bottles (non-food and -drink bottles) , etc.
Important
Gas cylinder cassettes are very dangerous if they are not properly emptied of
gas. They may explode in a collection van or during the crushing processat the
Seiso Center. It is very dangerous.
*Before taking them to the assigned non-burnable station, please empty the
cassettes of gas and puncture them in an open space.
Cellular phones
phones, PHSs
PHSs
Cellular phones and PHSs (and their batteries and chargers) contain rare metals such as gold,
silver, cobalt, palladium, etc. So cellular-phone makers collect and recycle them themselves.
Each maker collects them from stores with the logo mark shown on the right.
Please take them to those stores instead of putting them out for city collection. (See p17)
What will happen to the collected nonnon-burnable garbage?
Collected non-burnable garbage is sorted at the Seiso Center and anything burnable is incinerated.
Recyclable resources such as iron and aluminum are sent to recycling companies.
Non-recyclables such as crushed ceramics are buried at the Saishu-Syobun-Jo.
Garbage truckburnablesthey are incinerated
recyclable resources a recycling company
other the Saishu-Syobun-Jo.
*Umbrellas which are longer than 30cm are collected as “large trash”.
Pots and frying pans which are longer than 30cm are considered “large trash” and are
sent to the SaishuSaishu-SyobunSyobun-Jo.
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Recyclable Plastic Containers & Packaging
*Collected once a week
*Put them into transparent or semi-transparent bags and put them out at the local
‘non-burnable’ station by 7:30 on collection day.
Items
Objects in this category
Plastic containers and packaging printed with this mark are objects
of collection in this category.
Cups packs
Bags wrapping labels
(Put out after slightly rinsing inside with water.)
●Cup noodle containers ●egg cartons
●sozai containers ●vacuum packs
●tofu or natto containers ●tablet containers
●caramel custard or yogurt containers, etc.
Tubes
Slightly rinse inside with water after the
contents have been used up.
●mayonnaise tubes
●horseradish/mustard tubes
●toothpaste tubes
●face washing paste tubes, etc.
Note
You may put them out without removing price
seals on bags or wrapping.
Trays
Make use of store’s collection box as much
as possible, especially for white trays.
Put out after slightly rinsing inside with
water.
●Bento or sozai trays
●trays used for meat/fish, etc.
Bottles
Put out after slightly rinsing inside with water.
●Detergent/bleach containers
●shampoo/rinse containers
●oil/dressing containers, etc.
●sweets or bread bags ●plastic wrapping bags
●plastic grocery bags ●plastic bags used for
meat/fish ●labels on PET bottles, etc., etc.
Lids caps
●lids of PET bottles
●lids of bento boxes
●lids of caramel custard
containers , etc.
Other
Crush large items into small pieces.
Granular substances go into ‘Burnable garbage’category.
●vegetable/fruit nets ●seedling pots
●Styrofoam ●buffer (Styrofoam)
Objects included in this category are limited to the plastic containers
and packaging manufactured exclusively for containing goods.
Plastic containers/wrappings proper (buckets, basins, Tupperware,
CDs, wrapping proper) are excluded; they go into ‘Burnable.’
Where do “Recyclable Plastic Containers & Packaging” go after collection?
The collected items are sorted out by manual work at the Seiso Center and after removing foreign
substances, they are compressed and packed. → Packed plastics are then transported to recycling
firms, where, after being sorted again, they are crushed and sent for recycling in the following ways:
●material recycling ●reduction catalyst for blast furnaces
●chemical material for coke furnaces ●solid fuel, etc. ●processed into oil ●gasified
“Material recycling” on the left means reproduction into following materials
●pallet, ●regenerated resin, ●artificial wood, ●plastic plates, ●construction material
Items with stains that have not been removed are to be collected as “Burnable,”
because stains make it hard to achieve goodgood-quality material through subsequent
recycling processes.
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Bottles and Cans
*Collected twice a month
*Take them to the non-burnable garbage station by 7:30 a.m. of the designated days.
* Put bottles in the container and cans in the net.
Items
Remove lids. Dispose of metal lids as non-burnable. Take out plastic lids
as recyclable plastic containers and packaging.
You don’t have to peel the label off the bottles.
Bottles
Cans
Rinse the bottle with water.
Be sure to puncture spray cans.
Rinse cans with water. Put them directly into the net.
Separate bottles into three groups by their colors and put
them directly into the container of the color. If the bottle is
neither colorless, transparent, nor brown, put it into
(other colors)
colorless transparent bottles
brown bottles
bottles of the other colors
Put slightly colored bottles like bottles of vinegar, dark
green or blackish bottles like ones of whiskey into the
container of
(other colors)
Aluminum cans for beverages
Steel cans for beverages
Spray cans for cosmetics or insecticide, etc.
Cans for cookies, candies, or sembei.
Cans for dried seaweed
Note
Remove the ring of the lid.
You don’t have to remove the lid
if it is difficult to do so.
What happens
happens to bottles and cans after they are collected?
Collected bottles are separated by color and kept for a certain period after being
cleaned at the Seiso Center.
Bottles are sent to recycling companies and crushed into pieces. After foreign objects
are removed, this is used as material for producing bottles, called cullet.
The cullet is sent to bottle manufacturing factories and is made into bottles again.
90% of bottles are made from cullet. Some of the remaining cullet is recycled as
insulation or for paving roads as well.
Collected cans are separated into either aluminum cans or steel cans and crushed
after being cleaned.
Crushed aluminum cans are sent to recycling factories and melted and then
become solid metal, which is used to make aluminum cans again.
The energy used to make solid aluminum from aluminum cans can save 97% of
the energy used in making aluminum from raw material.
Crushed steel cans are sent to iron foundries and used as materials for new steel
cans, cars, electric appliances, railroads, ships, buildings, and bridges.
Returnable bottles such as beer bottles and 1.8 liter bottles can be reused, so return
them to the shops.
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Plastic beverage bottles - PET bottles
*Collected twice a month
*T Take them to the non-burnable station and put them directly in the net by 7:30 a.m.
on the designated day.
Items
Never fail to remove caps because they are treated as recyclable plastic
containers and packaging. Both caps and labels are recycled.
Bottles
Remove the caps and labels. Rinse the bottle with water.
Crush the bottle.
Put bottles directly into the collection net of the garbage station.
Examples of PET bottles
for beverages (tea, juice, mineral water, carbonated drinks, coffee, etc.)
for alcohol (sake, mirin)
for soy sauce, etc.
What happens
happens to collected PET bottles?
Collected PET bottles are crushed and packed into bales at Seiso Center.
Separating is important for recycling.
The bales are sent to recycling companies and are made into small pieces and turned
into flakes and pellets for recycling.
※ Flakes are powder of PET bottles.
Pellets are what you get after flakes are melted and turned into small balls.
Material recycling
The flakes and pellets are used to make many
kinds of things such as clothes, stationary, egg
packages, bottles for detergent, PET bands, etc.
Many things are made from PET bottles.
From PET bottles to PET bottles
After resolving flakes chemically
and producing PET material and
refining it into PET resin, you
can make PET bottles again. The
quality of this PET resin is as
high as that of the PET resin
produced from petroleum so that
they can make bottles of the
same quality.
※Fiber from PET bottles is used to make the
working uniforms of city officials.
If you follow the rule and there are no foreign
objects in the PET bottles, it can save a lot of
energy and labor at every stage of the process.
It takes only five 500ml PET bottles to
make a shirt.
PET bottles can be efficiently recycled.
Put PET bottles directly into the net and take home any bags used to carry PET
bottles.
Crush as much as possible because they take much space.
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Old paper
*Collected twice a month
*Tie papers of the same kind together and take them to a garbage station for
non-burnables by 7:30 a.m. of the designated days.
Separate out the following special kinds of paper and dispose as
burnable: photographs, wax paper, oilpaper, carbon paper, plastic or
aluminum coated paper.
Items
Newspaper
Other paper and magazines
Fold to half size and tie in bundles
so that you can carry them easily.
Remove metal like paper clips, adhesive tapes, cellophane.
Cellophane used as an “envelope window” and plastic used
in the opening of a tissue box should be removed, too.
Cut paper boxes open and flatten.
Putsmallpiecesofpaperinabag andtiethemtogetherwithsomethinglikemagazines.
●Weekly magazines ●Monthly magazines ●paperbacks
●catalogues ●wrapping paper ●paper bags
●thin paper boxes like candy or detergent boxes
●postcards●envelopes●tissue boxes. etc.
●Newspapers and fliers
Cardboard
Crosssection of the cardboard
Remove gummed tape.
Cartons
Wash cartons. Cut open as shown and dry. Bundle them and tie.
Cut the boxes open and tie them in
bundles.
●Boxes for oranges
vegetables
electric appliances
●Milk cartons ●Juice cartons ●sake and shochu cartons.
※Take out the following as burnable garbage: cartons whose
inside is silver or of less than 500 cc.
If it is rainy on paper collection day, wait until the next collection day to put out paper.
Try to make the most of the neighborhood group collection.
Separate paper following the marks.
Wrapping paper and paper bags.
Take out as "Other paper”.
Cardboard boxes.
Take out as “cardboard.”
Cartons
Take out as “cartons.”
What will happen to collected paper?
Collected paper will be sold to the paper dealers and then it will be sold to paper companies.
It will become pulp and be recycled.
◆Collected newspapers turn into newspapers, OA paper, notebooks, candy boxes, etc.
◆Magazines and “Other” paper are made into boxes for candies, toys, etc., and cardboard boxes.
◆Cardboard becomes cardboard and toilet paper core rolls.
◆Cartons are changed into toilet paper and tissues.
Papers bearing this mark are an important resource which can be recycled
so put them out as old papers not burnable.
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Dangerous items
*Collected four times a year.
*Take them to the non-burnable garbage station and put them in the container by 7:30
a.m. on the designated days.
Examples of dangerous items.
*Electronic thermometers and light bulbs are treated as non-burnable.
Items
Dry cell batteries & Mercury thermometers
Fluorescent lights
Put them back in their original packaging
and put them in the container.
(Put them in a transparent plastic bag
and put them in the container.)
Return rechargeable batteries and button type batteries to an electrical
electrical
appliance shop as much as possible.
Rechargeable batteries
With the following marks:
Ni-Cd Nickel-cadmium batteries
Ni-MH Nickel-hydrogen batteries
LI-ion Lithium-ion batteries
Pb Small sealed lead batteries
Rechargeable batteries contain rare metal
resources such as nickel, cadmium, cobalt, and
lead, which can be recycled .
Put the rechargeable batteries in the recycling
boxes in the appliances shops or supermarkets.
*To avoid short-circuits, put Scotch tape on both
the positive and negative poles.
ButtonButton-type batteries
●Alkali button batteries
●Silver oxide batteries
●Air zinc batteries
Button-type batteries contain precious resources
like silver, so they can be recycled.
Put them in the recycling boxes at appliances
shops, watch and camera shops, etc.
*To avoid short-circuit, put Scotch tape on both
the positive and negative poles.
What happens
happens to collected dangerous trash?
Dangerous garbage is kept at the Seiso Center for a certain period and then is sent to special
companies for recycling.
Dry cells
cells
They separate ferrous material from non-ferrous material.
Iron is recycled and non-ferrous materials such as zinc and copper are collected as resources.
The other parts are used to make cement.
Thermometers
Thermometers
After being crushed, materials such as mercury and glass are sorted out and recycled.
Fluorescent lights
After being crushed, materials such as mercury, fluorescent power, iron, glass are sorted out
and recycled.
Broken fluorescent lights or mercury thermometers
thermometers are not collected as dangerous garbage.
Wrap them with paper,
paper, etc., so that they won’
won’t hurt anyone,
anyone, and put them out as nonnon-burnable
garbage.
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Large Trash
*Picked up at your home
* Call the Large Trash pick-up number at City Hall
(31(31-5300) in Japanese.
They will pick up items 30cm to 180cm in length which are used in
your daily life and that can be disposed of at city facilities.
Items
Electric appliances and gas products
Furniture
●Heaters ●Electric fans ●Vacuum cleaners
●Microwave ovens ●Hot plates ●Gas burners
●Air filters ●VCRs ●Word processors
●Stereo components
●Chests ●Sofas ●Cupboards ●Bookshelves
●Tables ●Chairs ●TV stands ●Beds
●Kotatsu ●Shelving
TV sets, air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines,
clothing dryers and computers are not collected.
Refer to page 16 and 17 for disposal method for these
items.
Other
Bedding
Burnable if less than 30cm.
●Blankets ●Pillows ●Mats ●Carpets
●Cushions ●Towel blankets
●Bicycles, tricycles, unicycles ●Skis and poles
●Umbrellas ●Swings, slides
●Clothes drying stands ●Large paint cans
●Clothes drying poles (Cut to less than 180cm)
●Bamboo blinds ●Clothes cases
How to apply for pickpick-up : Working hours 8:30 16:00 Monday to Friday (except national holidays)
①Call 3131-5300
They will ask how many items, what they are, their size and where to pick them up. You will
be informed of a pick-up date.
Up to 10 items can be picked up at one time. (Large-sized furniture, etc., may limit amount.)
②A notice postcard will be sent.
Check the collection day and items written on the postcard.
If something is wrong, please call 31-5300 at least 3 days before the agreed-upon date
(Monday to Friday except national holidays.)
③Put large trash out in the agreedagreed-upon place on the agreedagreed-upon date by 9:00 a.m.
Bicycles must have a paper saying "
" or "
" (Ogata Gomi=large trash).
④Your large trash will be collected between 9:00 16:00 on the agreedagreed-upon date.
You don't need to be home.
*A minimum of 31 days must pass before you can have another pick-up.
What happens to large trash after collection?
The collected large trash is crushed and sorted at the Seiso Center.
Burnable items are burned there.
Resources such as iron, aluminum, and copper will be sent to a recycling company and recycled.
Please keep things that you can repair and use them for as long as possible. Give
usable items to others, or take them to a recycle shop.
An "Items for Exchange" board is available. See page 21.
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Trash not collected by the City
Trash Neither Collected by the City nor Accepted by City Facilities
(even if you take it yourself)
yourself)
Items Not Accepted
Recyclable Items
●Gas cylinders ●Car batteries
●Parts from cars and motorcycles
●Flammable items ●Dangerous objects
●Pesticides and other such chemicals
●Medical equipment ●Bathtubs ●Safes
●Agricultural machinery ●Agricultural vinyl
●Tires ●Reinforcing bars ●Nuts and bolts
●Iron plate (over 2mm thick) ●Insulation
●Boilers ●Home incinerators ●Discarded oil
●Pianos ●Exercise equipment (e.g., massage
chairs), etc.
To dispose of items such as those listed above, contact a
store that sells them or deals with them, or a private
garbage dealer.
●Items listed under the Electrical Appliances
Recycling Law
(TV sets, air conditioners, refrigerators,
freezers, washing machines, clothes dryers)
●Personal computers
●Home fire extinguishers
●Motorized 2-wheeled vehicles
For more on disposing of these, see pages 16-18.
Trash Not Collected by the City but Accepted by City Facilities
Commercial Trash
.
Household Trash Accepted by City Facilities.
This Garbage Classification Guidebook was
created based on the household trash
Please
keep standard.
things that you can repair and use them for as long as possible. Give
classification
For trash
from
activities,
contact
usable
items
to business
others, or
take them
to a arecycle shop.
licensed
garbage
dealer.
An "Items for
for Exchange" board is available. See page 21.
However, the following types of commercial or
industrial waste may be taken to City
Facilities for a fee:
●General commercial garbage such as food
scraps and waste paper (up to 8 tons per
month) and disposable diapers (excluding
●Housing parts such as doors, window frames, etc.
those from hospitals)
●Sinks, counters, and washstands
●Some categories of industrial waste (wood
●Tatami-mats ●Pillars, wood
and waste paper, up to 8 tons a month, and
●Boards ●Bamboo ●Tin roofing/wallboard
disposable diapers, excluding those from
medical facilities).
●Pruning waste ●Stumps ●Roots
Companies that will dispose of garbage at City
●Concrete blocks and pieces
Facilities four or more times a year must
●Garden rocks ●Soil/sand
obtain written permission from the City
These items will not be collected, but can be
Office’s
Garbage
Reduction
Section
taken to City Facilities. (For more information,
(Gomi-Genryo-Ka.) (Companies may not
see page 15.)
dispose of types of waste other than those
noted on the permission form, so please
consider carefully before applying.)
Industrial waste refers in particular to 20
For other industrial waste, contact a private
kinds of waste set by law, including cinders,
commercial/industrial waste dealer.
soil, waste oil, waste plastic, etc.
The City Office does not make recommendations of private garbage dealers.
See the Town Page, etc. (Private garbage dealers are also listed in Japanese on the
homepage of the City Office’s
Office’s Garbage Reduction Section (GomiGomi-GenryoGenryo-Ka.)
http://www.ehimesanpai.or.jp/)
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Household Trash Accepted by City Facilities
You can take large amounts of trash (e.g., from changing residences) to the Seiso Center by yourself. (Free)
If you are unable to take it yourself, contact a private collector licensed by the City. (There will be a charge.)
There are some kinds of trash, however, that are not accepted by City Facilities. (See p. 14)
Seiso Center
Location Niihama, Kannonbara-cho, Otsu 138-1
Telephone number 41-4225
Business hours 8:30 –16:00 Monday through Friday,
the second Sunday of each month except for
December, and the last Sunday of December (may
change)
The center may be closed on National Holidays. After
the 29th of each month, except for December, City
Facilities will only accept burnable garbage. Please
check for non-business days of the facility by looking at
the Garbage and Trash Collection Calendar. ※Please
refrain from taking household trash to the facilities at
the end of year as it is the busiest time of year.
From the east end of the Shiroshita
bridge, head south for about 800 m.
OR
From the Toda intersection on the
Rte.11 bypass road, head north for about
1 kilometer.
You will see the sign for the Seiso Center
on the east side of the road.
Items Accepted
Accepted by the Seiso Center
●Burnable garbage ●Non-burnable garbage ●Recyclable plastic containers and packaging
●Bottles and cans (should be separated into three kinds) ●Plastic beverage bottles ●Old paper
●Toxic items ●Large trash ●Doors ●Poles and pipes( less than 150cm ) ●Tin roofing/wallboard
●Tatami mats ●Boards (<180cm x 90cm)
●Leaves and branches from pruning (<150cm long, 25 cm in diameter)
●Corrugated plastic sheets (<180cm x 90cm) ●Bamboo (<100 cm long )
●Stumps and tree roots (<25cm in diameter )
●Scrap from demolished houses (except scrap from business activities)
※ If you plan to take scrap from your own demolished house (pillars, boards, roof tiles, concrete
scrap, etc.) that will weigh over 1 ton, you must report it in advance to the City Office’s Garbage
Reduction Section (Gomi-Genryo-Ka: 65-1252). The Building Recycle Law requires you to contact
the Building Guidance Section (Kenchiku-Shido-Ka: 65-1273) before you demolish a house that is
more than 80 square meters.
Saishu Shobunjo
Location Niihama, Kikumoto-cho 2-817-2
Telephone number 37-5300
Business hours
8:30 –16:00 Monday through
Saturday, the second Sunday of each month and the
last Sunday of December (may change)
The center may be closed on National Holidays.
Please check for non-business days of the facility by
looking at the Garbage and Trash Collection Calendar.
Take the Showa-dori road. At the
west end of the Shintaka Bridge,
turn toward the ocean, taking the
road between the funeral hall and
the iron works. Follow that road to
the end.
Items Accepted by Saishuu Shobunjo (household trash only)
only)
●Concrete blocks (less than 30 cm) ●Pieces of concrete (less than 30cm) ●Rubble (less than 30 cm)
●Garden rocks (less than 30 cm) ●Soil (plant material removed) ●Roof tiles ●Slate
※A household can take up to1 ton of these items annually.
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Disposal Methods for TV sets, air conditioners, refrigerators
and freezers, washing machines and clothes dryers
The City does not collect these electrical appliances because the manufacturers are responsible for
recycling them under the Electrical Appliances Recycling Law. Please ask the electrical appliance
shop where you bought them or take them yourself directly to the company designated by the
manufacturer.
The user must pay the cost for recycling and transporting. (Or the recycling cost only, if you take
them yourself to the manufacturer’s designated companies.)
Recycling cost
(The cost may vary depending on the maker. Please check the “ElectricalAppliances Recycling Ticket Center” website.)
TV sets
Air conditioners
(including the unit outside the house)
*Units installed into the ceiling are not included under this rule.
under 15 type
¥1,785
over 16 type
¥2,835
¥2,625
Refrigerators and freezers
under 170 liters
over 171 liters
Washing machines and clothes dryers
¥3,780
¥4,830
¥2,520
The ways to dispose of them
When you know the store where you
bought it oryou are going to buy a new one
Ask the shop for disposal and pay the cost
of recycling + transporting
When you do not know the shop where you
bought it or the shop is gone
Ask a nearby shop. You will have to pay the
cost of recycling + transporting.
When you take it yourself to the company
designated by the makers
Buy a recycling sticker at the post office and
take it to the designated company yourself.
*Please ask the shop about the transporting cost beforehand as it varies by shop.
*You will be charged a ¥120 transferring cost when you buy the recycling sticker at the post office.
Disposal Companies
A
ShikokuShikoku-konpokonpo-unso
Main brands handled
address: Niihama, Kuroshima 1-1-15
Tel: 45-2000
Time: 9:00-17:00 (except 12:00-13:00)
Closed: Sundays, national holidays, New Year’s Day,
Bon Holiday
●Panasonic ●Toshiba ●Victor
●Daikin ●Corona ●Nihon Samsung
●LG Electronics, etc.
Main brands handled
Shikoku Seino Unyu Niihama Branch
address: Saijo-shi Iioka Suginoki 1370
●Sanyo ●Sharp ●Sony ●Hitachi
Tel: 56-7088
B Time: 9:00-17:00 (except 12:00-13:00)
●Fujitsu-General ●Mitsubishi
Closed: Sundays, national holidays, New Year’s Day, ●Rinnai ●NEC ●Pioneer, etc.
Bon Holiday
*If you will be taking them by yourself to a designated companies, contact them by phone first to confirm.
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Disposal Method for Personal Home Computers
The City does not handle the disposal of personal computers for home use because manufacturers
are obligated to accept and recycle them under “The Law for Promoting Effective Utilization of
Resources.” To dispose of a PC, ask the maker to accept it. PCs sold after October, 2003, have the PC
recycle mark and the recycle fee is included in the purchase price. For PCs sold before that date, you
have to pay the recycle fee when taking it to the maker. Attachments (mouse, keyboard, etc.) are
accepted with the PC, but peripherals (printers, scanners, etc.) are not accepted by the maker.
Please use the Large Trash pick-up service if an item is more than 30cm. If it is less than 30 cm,
please dispose of it as “Non-burnable.”
PC recycle mark
Personal computers with PC recycle mark -> No charge for disposal
Personal computers without PC recycle mark -> Recycle charge for disposal
Recycle Charge by Computer Manufacturers
Recycle Fee may vary by makers
Desktop PC
¥3,150
Laptop PC
¥3,150
Liquid Crystal
Display All-in-one
Liquid Crystal
Display
(cathode-ray tube display)
CRT
¥3,150
¥4,200(CRT)
¥3,150
¥4,200
Process of Applying for Collection and Disposal of a PC
① Apply to recycle your home PC to the maker’s Recycling office.
② Pay fee at post office after receiving invoice slip from maker.
③ After paying the fee, you will be sent an “ECO U-pack sticker.” Pack your used PC and stick
the “ECO U-pack sticker” on it.
④ Ask the post office noted on the sticker to collect your PC by door-to-door pick-up or take it to
your nearest post office package window. *There is no charge for shipping.
In the case of computers you
have built yourself or if you can’t
find the maker, contact “Personal
Computer 3P Promotion Center.”
The fees will differ from those
noted above.
“Personal Computer 3P Promotion Center”
Center”
03-5282-7685
Open 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 (except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
For further information, visit the web site: http://pc3r.jp
Disposal of Cellular Phones
Shops with this mark accept cellular phones (the main body of PHSs,
batteries, chargers) free of charge regardless of brand under the
“Mobile-Recycle-Network” recycling system of telecommunications providers
and manufacturers. Some shops can delete data from old cellular phones. If
you have an old cell phone, take it to a shop for recycling.
Please help to recycle cellular phones and PHSs.
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Disposal Methods for Home Fire Extinguishers
Home fire extinguishers which have not been used are recycled by the makers under the relevant law.
You can dispose of your home fire extinguishers as follows. About the way and the fee, please ask a
sales agency or the manufacturer directly or apply to the ‘Eco-Cycle Center’ below.
EcoEco-Cycle
Cycle Center
Toll-free: 01200120-822822-306
Time 10:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00
(except Saturdays, Sundays, national
holidays, and when closed)
To apply online:
http://www.ferecycle.jp
Flow of collection by EcoEco-Cycle System
① apply for recycling
② A U-pack kit will be delivered.
Pay the fee to the deliverer.
③ Pack the used fire extinguisher in the U-kit and
ask the post office designated on the U-kit to pick it
up, or take it to the nearest post office yourself.
*Fire extinguishers are special high pressure containers that cannot be handled at City facilities.
Disposal of Scrapped Motorcycles
In October 2004, the “Motorcycle Recycling System” was started as a voluntary activity promoted
principally by the nation’s motorcycle manufacturers, aimed at ① collection of abandoned
motorcycles, ②reduction of waste by means of appropriate disposal, and ③effective reuse of
resources. The “Motorcycle Recycling Mark” has been printed on all motorcycles sold after that
date. They are recycled free of charge, as the recycle fee is included in the sales price. However, a
recycle fee will be charged for motorcycles sold before that date.
Motorcycle Recycling Mark
A motorcycle whose body bears the same mark as
shown on the left is free of recycle charge.
A motorcycle whose body bears no mark as shown on
the left is charged for recycle fee.
Methods
Methods for Disposing of a Motorcycle
Taking it to a ‘Motorcycle
‘Motorcycle Recycling Dealer’
Visit a dealer’s shop displaying
the sticker shown on the left.
Fill in the registration form
provided there and go to a post
office to pay the recycle fee if
necessary. Then take the
motorcycle to the dealer with
the payment certificate from
the post office.
* An additional transport fee (from the shop to
the City-designated Dealer) will be charged.
Dealing directly with the CityCity-designated Dealer
Shikoku Kompo Unso, Ltd.
Niihama-shi, Kuroshima 1-1-15
Tel: 45-2000
Visit the City-designated Dealer and fill in
the registration form provided there. Go to a
post office to pay the recycle fee. Then take
the motorcycle to the Dealer with the
payment certificate from the post office.
*No additional transport fee will be charged.
The recycle fee varies from ¥4,120 to ¥6,800 depending on the
manufacturer. For further details on motorcycle disposal, please contact
the Motorcycle Recycling Call Center:
Center: Tel: 0303-35983598-8075.
Hours: 9:30-17:00 (except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays,
year-end and new year holidays)
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Kitchen Garbage Composter Subsidy
About 40% of all household waste is kitchen garbage, and about 80% of kitchen garbage is water. It
requires large amounts of energy to burn kitchen garbage. The City subsidizes the purchase of
kitchen garbage composters in order to reduce the amount of kitchen garbage and to produce
fertilizer from it.
When applying for a composter subsidy, you will need to have a personal seal (inkan) that uses red ink.
*Annual budget for subsidy is limited.
item / amount of subsidy / limitations
limitations / application location
Electric composters / ½ of the price, up to ¥20,000 / one unit per
household per 5 years / City-designated stores
“Compost” composters / ½ of the price, up to ¥3,000 / one per
household per fiscal year /
*Garbage Reduction Section (Gomi-genryo-ka) 2nd Floor, City Hall, or
City-designated stores
Drain bin composters / ½ of the price, up to ¥,3000 / 2 per household
per fiscal year / Garbage Reduction Section (Gomi-genryo-ka) 2nd
Floor, City Hall.
*The place to apply for a composter varies according to the kind of composter.
Subsidy for Promoting Group Collection of Recyclable Household Trash
The City subsidizes non-governmental organizations accordingly to the amount of collection, in
order to reduce and recycle trash.
What is required?
Your organization must be registered with City Hall by the end of May every year.
1. A group must be a non-profit organization, whose members should be Niihama residents. The
number of members should be at least 20.
2. Activity Requirements
①More than 4 times a year
②Trash should be from non-business activity.
③Trash must not be collected from garbage stations.
④Recyclable trash should be delivered to a dealer within Niihama.
⑤Any expenses related to the collection should be paid by the group.
What to do after collection?
City Hall gives this subsidy 4 times per year, once per quarter.
Please submit the “Proof of purchase of recyclable trash” issued by a recycling center dealer.
The City assesses the amount of subsidy according to the certificate and gives the subsidy by the
end of the next month of a fiscal quarter.
mount of Subsidy
The amount of the subsidy varies depending on the market price.
For further details, please ask at the Garbage Reduction Section (Gomi-genryo-ka).
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Prohibited Activities
Dumping trash is against the law!
You must follow the rules in disposing of household trash and garbage and trash from business
activities. Dumping trash is banned and carries a penalty of imprisonment for up to five years or a
fine of up to 10 million yen (100 million yen for companies) or both.
The City patrols periodically in the areas where trash is often dumped and sets up sign boards to
stop dumping. When vicious dumping of trash, or commercial or industrial waste, is found, the City
informs the police and enforces a severe penalty when the dumper is identified. The City then
removes the trash in cooperation with the agencies of the central and prefectural government.
If you see someone illegally dumping trash, call the police and report the situation (date, place, type
of trash) and the license number of the car. If it is trash from business activities, please call the
“Illegal Disposal of Industrial Waste Emergency Line” of the Ehime Prefectural Government at
0120-149-530. (This is a toll-free call.)
*Do not attempt to approach or speak to the dumper directly as they may be dangerous.
Burning Trash in Fields is Banned!
Since April 2001, burning trash in fields is prohibited because it produces air pollutants such as
dioxin. Breaking this law carries a penalty of up to five years imprisonment, or a fine of up to ten
million yen, or both.
Exceptions are as follows: (However, if it causes too much trouble for the people in the neighborhood,
the City Government will step in, giving some orders or guidance.)
○Burning trash that has been handled according to designated rules.
○Burning which is necessary to carry out traditional or religious events.
(e.g., burning New Year’s decorations as a local event)
○Burning trash from forestry, fishery, or agriculture.
(e.g., rice straw or trimmed branches of orange trees of agriculture or cut branches of forestry.)
○Small fires for use in everyday life.
(e.g. burning wood chips for fire or campfire)
For further details, please call ☎65Kankyo-hozenhozen-ka (Environmental Preservation Section).
65-1512 Kankyo-
Stealing Recyclables from Trash Stations is Banned!
Since October 1, 2009, Niihama City bans stealing recyclables
from garbage and trash pick-up stations according the
ordinance, “Niihama City ordinance regarding trash disposal
and cleaning”, because old paper (newspaper) was often taken
before the collecting truck arrived at the trash and garbage
station. Up to ¥200,000 fine is imposed.
If you see someone steal recyclables, do not warn them directly,
but please call ☎65-1252 Gomi-genryo-ka (Garbage Reduction
Section) to report the date, the place, and the license number.
Please use the group collection method in the community.
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