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Please cooperate with the collection and recycling of small household appliances
Last Updated September 15, 2023
City Hall and each ward general government building, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Collection Office, Incineration Plant (excluding Hodogaya Plant)
Small home appliance collection boxes will be installed at each ward inhabitant's facilities and some large supermarkets.
We collect small household appliances that are no longer needed at home.
■Installation location : List of locations for small home appliance collection boxes
■Usage time : During opening and opening hours of each facility
■Items collected : Products that operate with electricity and batteries with a length of less than 30 cm that fit into the collection box slot (30 cm x 15 cm)
※From May 2016, a personal computer was added to the collection items.
※Be sure to remove the removable battery and put it out in a yellow collection can (small rechargeable battery recycling box).
■Notes : 〇 Please put small household appliances in the collection box without putting them in bags, etc. (bags will hinder recycling).
Oh Products that have been put in once cannot be returned.
Oh Products containing personal information (PCs, mobile phones, smartphones, etc.) must be erased before entering the box.
Please put it in.
Oh Remove batteries, light bulbs and fluorescent lamp before inserting them.
Oh Parts and cords of small household appliances such as adapters can be put out at once.
Oh Do not put anything with a strong odor (electric kerosene pump, etc.).
Store collection
With the cooperation of Aeon, Ito-Yokado, Apita, DCM, Shimachu Holmes, we have been working together with the general supermarkets.
We collect small household appliances at 3 Aeon stores in the city, 8 Ito-Yokado stores, 2 Apita stores, 1 DCM store, and 1 Shimachu Holmes store.
Please refer to the list of store collection locations for installation locations.
※The small home appliance collection box at the AEON Tennocho store has been discontinued on January 31, 2020 due to store renovation.
※The installation of the small home appliance collection box at Shimachu Yokohama store has been completed on August 30, 2020 due to store renovation.
Collection by certified businesses
○Delivery collection
Yokohama City has been added to the target area of the small home appliance collection system utilizing courier services.
Lynette Japan Recycling Co., Ltd. (outside site) (Obu City, Aichi Prefecture), a certified company, has started a personal computer and small household appliances collection system using courier service (Sagawa Express) for Yokohama City. For details on prices and application methods, please check the website of Lynette Japan Recycle Co., Ltd. (outside site). (TEL 0570-085-800) |
○Store collection
ER Japan Co., Ltd. (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture), a certified business operator, collects small household appliances at the store of the company's edion directly managed store. Collection of some items will be charged. For details such as collection items and collection fees, please contact the store. (It is not a collection box method.) | |
Ream Co., Ltd. (outside site) (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), a certified company, collects small household appliances at K's Denki, the contractor. Collection of some items will be charged. For details such as collection items and collection fees, please contact the store. (It is not a collection box method.) | |
Retem Corporation (external site) (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), a certified company, collects small household appliances in YodobashiCamera. Collection of some items will be charged. For details such as collection items and collection fees, please contact the store. (It is not a collection box method.) | |
Ream Co., Ltd. (outside site) (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), a certified company, collects small household appliances at the contractor, Unidi Home Center. For details such as collection items and collection fees, please contact the store. (It is not a collection box method.) |
Reference Materials
○Related links
Public information Yokohama pick-up reading October, 2013 issue (outside site)
An overview of the recycling of small home appliances in Yokohama City is explained in the video (from 2 minutes 54 seconds).
Ministry of the Environment website "Small Home Appliance Recycling Related" (outside site)
An overview of the law, various guidelines, and commentary materials for consumers (brochures, videos, etc.) are posted.
Ministry of the Environment Video Channel "Let's Start Recycling Small Home Appliances!" (Link: YouTube) (outside site)
You can see the target items of small household appliances and the state of recycling in videos.
In addition, the contents of the linked sites posted on this site belong to each linked site, and Yokohama City does not guarantee the contents. Please use the linked sites posted on this site according to the usage conditions etc. described on the linked sites.
In addition, Yokohama City is not responsible for any damage caused by the use of linked sites.
Inquiries to this page
Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Household Waste Management Department Business Division
Telephone: 045-671-3819
Telephone: 045-671-3819
Fax: 045-662-1225
Email address: sj-gyomu@city.yokohama.lg.jp
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