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Don't you mix it with burnable garbage? Recyclable plastic containers!
Last update date August 15, 2023
In burnable garbage, there are many dirty plastic containers and packaging, such as tubes and trays containing seasonings and foods.
These can be recycled as recyclables, so please cooperate in sorting them.
Sorting of plastic containers and packaging, 4 OK!
Don't you think, "Plastic containers and packaging are hard because you have to wash them thoroughly."
In fact, that's not the case!
Here are some of the four options.
If you use up things that cannot be washed, you can use it up!
The dirt on the container can be lightly rinsed or wiped off the dirt!
Just put the contents of bags such as sweets!
Seals and labels such as price tags can not be removed even if you can't peel off!
Why do you separate it in the first place?
To use limited resources carefully by recycling them
Recycling of plastic containers and packaging
Some plastic containers and packaging are cleaned and heated, and recycled from pressed pellets into plastic products like election signs. Using waste plastic as a raw material for plastic products is called "material recycling."
The remaining plastic containers and packaging are chemically decomposed and recycled into ammonia, which is the raw material for chemicals such as anti-itching. Chemically decomposing waste plastic and using it as a raw material for chemical products is called "chemical recycling."
In this way, plastic containers and packaging that have been sorted out are effectively recycled as recyclables.
To help prevent global warming
From separation of plastic containers and packaging to prevent global warming
Burning petroleum-derived garbage, such as plastic containers and packaging, generates a large amount of greenhouse gases (CO2), but if plastic containers and packaging mixed with burnable garbage decreases, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted.
It is said to be caused by global warming such as abnormal summer heat, torrential rainfalls, and drought, but separate plastic containers and packaging can help prevent global warming.
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Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Policy Coordination Dept. 3R Promotion Division
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Phone: 045-671-3593
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