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Garbage that cannot be collected in the city
Last Updated March 26, 2024
- Temporarily large amount of garbage
- Air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, clothes dryers, personal computers
- Small rechargeable batteries
- button batteries
- Bike
- fire extinguisher
- Containing asbestos
- Waste generated from contract work
- Emissions from business activities
Temporarily large amount of garbage
As a general rule, garbage that comes out a large amount of garbage at one time due to moving, etc., you must bring it to a treatment facility in the city yourself or dispose of it to a contractor who has been licensed to collect and transport municipal waste Please ask. (Processing is charged)
- If you bring your own to the city's treatment facility, please contact your ward.Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau OfficePlease apply in advance.
- If you request processing from a supplier, please.Permitted general waste collection and transportation businessPlease ask for it.
- Precautions when asking a contractor to sort their belongings or clearing the house
- Beware of "unauthorized" waste collection companies!
- About collection and transportation of temporary large amounts of garbage discharged from ordinary households (for businesses)
Air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, clothes dryers, personal computers
oversized garbage does not collect it.
Small rechargeable batteries (lithium-ion batteries, mobile batteries, etc.)
Small rechargeable batteries such as lithium-ion batteries and mobile batteries will be sent to yellow collection cans (small rechargeable battery recycling boxes) installed by JBRC (outside site). We install collection cans in city hall and each ward general government building, collection office and perform collection.
Search for cooperating stores near you (outside site)
Rechargeable small home appliances where rechargeable batteries cannot be removed, such as cordless vacuum cleaners and robot vacuum cleaners, hand-held electric fans, electronic cigarettes (heated tobacco), are separate from other burnable garbage (kitchen garbage, etc.) on the day of burnable garbage.
How to put out small rechargeable batteries
button batteries
button batteries (model SR, PR, LR) is a collection of button batteries, established by the Battery Association of Japan (external site).
Bike
oversized garbage does not collect it. Please refer to how to put out a "bike" that is not collected in the city.
fire extinguisher
We do not collect information in Yokohama. The Japan fire extinguisher Manufacturers Association cooperate with local distributors. For more information, see fire extinguisher's processing methods.
Containing asbestos
- Confirmation method
Consultation desks of each manufacturer Ministry of the Environment’s website (outside site) - Processing method
Please contact each manufacturer or contact the Yokohama City General Waste Permit Business Cooperative (TEL: 045-662-2563).
Waste generated from contract work
Please ask the contractor to dispose of garbage, such as tatami mats, blocks, fences, structures and replaced equipment, should be disposed of by a contractor to dispose of it.
Emissions from business activities
Please bring it to the treatment facility yourself, or ask a licensed contractor who can dispose of waste. (Processing is charged)
For more information, please refer to www.juncture.com (The rules for separating and discharging business waste are different from those of household garbage.)
- If you bring your own to the city's treatment facility, please contact your ward.Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau OfficePlease apply in advance. (recycle papers and industrial waste (plastics, etc.) that can be turned into the city's incineration plant.)
- When requesting a contractor to dispose of municipal solid waste.Permitted general waste collection and transportation businessPlease ask for it.
- When requesting a contractor to dispose of industrial waste.Industrial Waste Collection and Transportation BusinessPlease ask for it.
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Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Waste Management Department Business Division
Phone: 045-671-3819
Phone: 045-671-3819
Fax: 045-662-1225
Email address: sj-gyomu@city.yokohama.jp
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