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How to separate and dispose of garbage and resources-Frequently Asked Questions
Last Updated March 25, 2024
About this page
In recruiting 3R Science Experiment Classroom, an event for parents and children held in March 2024, we asked you to provide "questions about what you usually care about in garbage collection by category and how to sort it out." I hope it will help you separate the garbage.
※In publishing, we edit similar questions, such as collecting similar questions.
Public period of this page
In Aoba Ward, the garbage separation method will be changed from April 2025. For this reason, this page will be released until March 2025.
How to separate and dispose of garbage and resources-Frequently Asked Questions
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| Separation of plastic containers and packaging | Q1 | How far should I wash when taking out plastic containers? For example, mayonnaise containers that cannot be squeezed out, odorous natto containers, food trays containing fish, edible oil containers and bags of oily confectionery are not sure if they can be put out as plastic containers and packaging even after washing. . |
| A1 | Basically, it is just enough to rinse lightly or wipe it off. There is no need to clean it with detergent. Plastic containers that cannot be fully removed, such as mayonnaise containers, should be used up and served as "plastic containers and packaging". In addition, oil and smell do not interfere with recycling, so use up edible oil containers, and lightly remove dirt in containers and packaging materials, and put them out as "plastic containers and packaging" . Please refer to the information on the next page. https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/sumai-kurashi/gomi-recycle/pla-taisaku/yogoreta_pla_recycle.html |
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| Q2 | Is it okay to discard the film attached to the plastic container of food with the container? | |
| A2 | Please also take out the film that wraps the plastic container as "plastic containers and packaging". | |
| Q3 | I wonder if the used wrap should be put out in burnable garbage or plastic containers and packaging. | |
| A3 | Used wraps should be used to wrap meat and fish sold at supermarkets as "plastic containers and packaging" like food trays. Also, wraps prepared at home, such as in microwave ovens, should be served as burnable garbage. | |
| Q4 | There are some plastics to burnable garbage, so I would like to know if there is a way to distinguish them. For example, whether plastic hanger is burnable garbage or plastic. | |
| A4 | The plastic components are distinguished by "products / products" and "whether they are containers or packaging materials for products / products". For example, if you dispose of a commercially available shampoo container (the product is liquid), it will be "plastic containers and packaging" or "burnable garbage" if you want to dispose of a commercially available bottle as a container for use with shampoo. Since plastic hanger is a product, please serve it as "burnable garbage". | |
| Combination materials | Q5 | How is the right way to throw away things that are hard to come off, such as paper around jelly cups with burnable garbage and plastic sticking together? |
| A5 | Please remove any paper that is glued to a plastic container and does not come off as much as possible and put it out as "plastic containers and packaging". | |
| Q6 | How do I sort products that partially use non-plastics, such as toys, when disposing of them as garbage? | |
| A6 | For products made with plastic and other materials not removed, distinguish them by what the main material of the product is. For example, if plastic is the main material (the longest side is less than 50 centimeters), it will be "burnable garbage", and if metal is the main material (the longest side is less than 30 centimeters), it will be "small metals". Those that exceed each size are oversized garbage. |
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| Q7 | How do I separate plastic and paper stuck, such as a tissue box outlet or an envelope with a window? | |
| A7 | Please take out the film of the outlet attached to the tissue paper box as "plastic containers and packaging". The window of the envelope with window is usually "burnable garbage", but if the window is made of paper (which is often indicated on the envelope), please send it to local recyclables collection as "recycle paper". | |
| burnable garbage | Q8 | Which category should I put out gel-shaped cold packs and plastic toys? |
| A8 | Please serve cold packs and plastic toys as "burnable garbage". | |
| Q9 | Whether the cellophane tape used for packaging is plastic or aluminum is burnable garbage, it is difficult to distinguish between plastic and burnable garbage. | |
| A9 | Please serve cellophane tape and aluminum foil as "burnable garbage". In addition, aluminum cans containing beverages (including seasonings and medicines) should be served as "cans, bottles, plastic bottles". |
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| Q10 | I don't know how to dispose of the wood end material after work or DIY. There are a lot, clean and still usable, so I hope there is something that can be recycled. | |
| A10 | Yokohama City does not have a system to recycle offcuts, so please give them out of wood chips after work from home as "burnable garbage" (oversized garbage for those with a longest side of 50 cm or more). | |
| Q11 | Plastic garbage that is not listed as plastic is put out in "burnable garbage", can I burn it? I'm wondering about it. | |
| A11 | According to the sorting method currently we are asking for, what you can put out as "plastic containers and packaging" is when the plastic components are containers and packaging materials for products and products (some plastic marks like fruit nets) Some do not have). Therefore, when disposing of plastic products, we use them as burnable garbage. | |
| Cans, bottles, PET bottles | Q12 | You may not be able to remove the plastic of the bottle lid, but can you take it out as "cans, bottles, plastic bottles"? |
| A12 | Bottles that cannot be removed well should be removed as much as possible, empty the contents, and served as "cans, bottles, plastic bottles" (*). ※Limited to those containing beverages (including seasonings and medicines). |
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| Q13 | In the area where I live, the collection of plastic bottles and aluminum cans was different, but recently it has become possible to put them out in the same garbage bag. Did you have any changes? | |
| A13 | In Yokohama City, the collected "cans, bottles, and PET bottles" are sorted and recycled at the import facility, so we have been instructing you to put them out in the same bag before, and there is no change in the classification rules . However, in some regions, Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Associations and others may have contracted with collection companies to collect aluminum cans, so it is possible that local rules have changed. |
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| Spray | Q14 | I am having trouble disposing of excess detergents and sprays. Can I get it by hand without emptying it? |
| A14 | Excess detergent should be emptied by absorbing the contents of used cloth or newspaper, etc. Spray cans may burst if the contents are left in, so if possible, hand them directly to the collection staff on the collection day of burnable garbage twice a week if possible. Alternatively, if you can bring it directly to the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office, we will keep it at the counter. |
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| Recycling | Q15 | I am worried about how plastic waste is recycled after it is collected. How much is it really recycled by the current separation? |
| A15 | Separately collected plastic containers and packaging are processed intermediately and then recycled by several methods. For more information, please refer to the following page. https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/sumai-kurashi/gomi-recycle/bunbetsu/shigenbutsu/pla.html |
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Inquiries to this page
Aoba Ward General Affairs Department Regional Promotion Division
Telephone: 045-978-2299
Telephone: 045-978-2299
Fax: 045-978-2413
Email address: ao-chishin@city.yokohama.jp
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