Reuse and Recycling

We carry out the local recyclables collection, where citizen groups such as Neighborhood Association and Neighborhood Associations and registered companies collect resources (paper, cloth, etc.).
Recyclables that are no longer needed at home (recycle paper used cloth). Depending on the group, metals and bottles are also implemented) should be sent to local recyclables collection as much as possible.
Please check the location, items, and date of collection with the blue sticker at the collection site, check with your neighbors, or ask the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office.

Boxes for collecting recyclables (four items of newspapers, magazines and other paper, paper packs, cloths) from homes are installed at ward offices, libraries, and district centers.

Small household appliances collection boxes are installed at ward offices, libraries, commercial facilities, etc., and small household appliances that are no longer needed at home are collected.
The collection item is a product that operates with electricity and batteries with a length of less than 30 cm that fits into the collection box input (30 cm x 15 cm).
※Personal computers are also eligible.
List of locations for small home appliance collection boxes

Recyclable materials such as recycle paper and plastic containers and packaging can be brought to the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office. For details, please refer to the "Center Recycling" page.

"Aoba Reuse Bunko" aims to make effective use of resources and reduce garbage by reusing (reusing) books that are no longer needed at home.
Spaces for accepting and providing books (reuse paperbacks) are installed at the Aoba Ward Office (1st floor Kumin Hall), Yamauchi Library, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office, District Centers (Nara, Utsukushigaokanishi, Wakakusadai), and Azamino Administration Service Corner.

If you have any books you can provide, please put them directly into the box at the Aoba Ward Office (1st floor Kumin Hall), Yamauchi Library, District Center (Nara, Utsukushigaokanishi, Wakakusadai)) (in the case of Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office, please bring them to the counter). We do not accept applications at Azamino Administrative Service Corner.
In addition, we cannot accept items that are severely dirty or damaged, those that aim to promote and promote political and religious activities, and those that hinder the healthy development of young people.
※The book you bring may be donated to the library.

[In case of Aoba Ward Office, District Center, Administrative Service Corner]
The target book has a pink sticker of "Aoba Reuse Bunko".
Please bring it freely from the bookshelf at the Aoba Ward Office (1st floor Kumin Hall), Yamauchi Library, District Center (Nara, Utsukushigaokanishi, Wakakusadai) and the Azamino Administrative Service Corner.
[In the case of Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office, Yamauchi Library]
Please take it freely from the bookshelf for taking it out.

The Aoba Ward Office and Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office accept food for food drives. For details, please refer to the "Food Delivery to Food Drive" page.

The Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Aoba Office displays and provides furniture and other items that can still be used as oversized garbage.
Offering is free of charge, but if repairs are required, you must respond by yourself, and the provided reused products must be taken home by yourself.
For details, please refer to the "Provision of oversized garbage Reuse Furniture" page.

In order to reuse items that are no longer needed at home, the “reuse information board” installed in the ward hall on the first floor of the ward government building has recently been promoted by private-sector reuse utilizing the Internet and smartphone applications. The operation was terminated in March 2022 due to the spread and the use was reduced. Thank you for your use so far and ask for your understanding.
In addition, Aoba Ward has concluded a partnership agreement with PIAZZA Co., Ltd., which operates the local SNS app "Piazza" in order to promote connections between residents and revitalize local communities.
There is also a function that allows you to transfer unused items such as toys, furniture, home appliances, etc. Please use it.
■Regional SNS app "Piazza" Information on the Aoba Ward area
https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/aoba/kusei/koho/piazzaaobakugoannai.html