Plastic containers and packaging

How to put out “plastic containers and packaging”

Collected once a week
(Please check with the sticker of the accumulation area.)

This is a plastic product that contains a product (container) or wrapped (packaging) that is no longer needed after the contents are taken out (used).
Those with a plastic mark are eligible. In addition, plastic products that pack products without a plastic mark are eligible.
Even if the material is plastic, plastic products and purchased products will be burnable garbage.
→Q&A related to classification

The sorted plastic containers and packaging are recycled as plastic products and recycled as fuel for gas and other gases.
→Recycling mechanism

・Even plastic products are purchased as products (plastic products such as video tapes, toys, washbasins, etc.) → To "burnable garbage"
・PET bottles → To "cans, bottles, PET bottles" (however, caps and labels are to plastic containers and packaging)
・Medical equipment such as injection needles and tubes should be sent to medical institutions or pharmacies, and when burnable garbage should be placed in a hard container with visible contents.
・Vinyl bags, tubes, and catheters for home medical care are sent to burnable garbage even if they have a plastic container and packaging mark.

Put them in a transparent or translucent bag where the contents can be clearly confirmed.
Sweep the inside without leaving the contents.
(Tubes and bags that are difficult to wash inside do not need to be washed if you use up the contents.)
Put it together by layering or cutting it into small pieces with scissors.
Do not put anything other than plastic containers and packaging.
Please don't tie a small bag.
Before recycling, all plastic containers and packaging are broken by machine and the contents are checked to remove foreign substances. If you tie a lunch box or the like in a small bag, you cannot break it with a machine because it is small and you will not be able to check the contents. Thank you for your cooperation.

Business garbage cannot be discharged as household waste.
Please also use food trays at stores that are being carried out at supermarkets.
List of stores that carry out over-the-counter collection

●Nearly 40% of plastic containers and packaging are incinerated as burnable garbage, one of the factors behind CO2 emissions.
●Plastic containers and packaging have a very low separation rate compared to cans, bottles, and PET bottles.
●Plastic containers and packaging are bulky, but many citizens are devised, such as making large ones smaller, cutting them with scissors, and crushing them to reduce their bulk. I would like to ask for your continued cooperation.

When put in as it is

When cut and layered

In order to confirm the environmental impact of plastic containers and packaging other than PET bottles collected by Yokohama City, Yokohama City regularly conducts surveys on odorous substances and chemical substances contained in exhaust gas from facilities in operation. We carry out.

●Survey results (PDF: 52KB)

The Containers and Packaging Recycling Law is a law to reduce waste by effectively using container and packaging waste, which accounts for 60% (volume ratio) of household waste, as a resource.
Consumers are responsible for separating and discharging, municipalities separate collection, and businesses are responsible for recycling. For more information, please refer to the following URL.
●Ministry of the Environment, 3R, Containers and Packaging Recycling Law (outside site)
●Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Containers and Packaging Recycling Law (outside site)

●Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association (outside site)
(Banner Source: Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association)
You can see where the resources collected separately in Yokohama are recycled at which companies are recycled and finally reborn.
●Points of separation and discharge of plastic containers and packaging (external site) (video / YouTube content re-cooperating channel (external site))
It provides an overview of container and packaging recycling and points to note when discharging plastic containers and packaging at home.
●Request for prevention of contraindicated products (external site) (video / YouTube content re-cooperating channel (external site))
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