How to separate and dispose of garbage and recyclables

For information on how to separate and dispose of garbage and recyclables, see "How to Separate and Dispose of Garbage and Recyclables", you can also search from the "Yokohama City garbage collection by category Dictionary". Please use it if you have any questions.

• Please take it out to the collection site by 8:00 a.m. on the day of collection. Do not put it out on the night before or after collection.
• Please cooperate with burnable garbage, non-burnable garbage (glass / pottery, fluorescent lamp / light bulb), spray cans, dry batteries, plastic containers and packaging, cans, bottles, plastic bottles, and small metals.
• Please put it in a translucent bag for each item.
• Garbage that has not been sorted or garbage that has been incorrectly collected on the day of the collection day. Enlightenment sticker is attached and left. We may impose fines on citizens and businesses that do not separate even if repeated guidance is given.

Please check the collection date by district from the next page or check the "collection day sticker" attached to your local home collection site.

In Yokohama, Neighborhood Association, Neighborhood Associations and others voluntarily collect recycle paper and used cloth as voluntary local activities.
For details on the implementation of local recyclables collection, please check the "local recyclables collection Place" sticker on the collection location, and contact the registered company for inquiries.

oversized garbage applications cannot be accepted even by calling the ward office or collection office.
Please call Oversized Garbage Reception Center or apply via the Internet. In addition, LINE reception desks and chat receptions are also available.

Monday to Saturday (including holidays) 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm
※Closed on Sunday, New Year's holidays (December 31-January 3).
From general subscriber telephones, etc.
0570-200-530 (Navi Dial)
If you use a flat-rate system such as mobile phones and IP phones and call discount services such as free calls, please contact us.
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• Calls are crowded on Monday and Tuesday mornings and the next day after public holidays. Please call us at a different time or wait for you.
• I'm not busy during busy times. We will connect you in order from the phone you have been calling for a long time.
• In addition, telephone calls are crowded at the end of the year and in February and March, before moving. I'd like to apply as soon as possible.

TVs, air conditioners, washing machines / clothes dryers, refrigerators / freezers cannot be collected as oversized garbage.
Based on the Home Appliance Recycling Law, home appliance retailers collect and home appliance manufacturers recycle them.
If it is no longer necessary, ask the retailer who purchased the product or the newly purchased retailer to collect it and dispose. (charged)

Yokohama City collects and recycles small home appliances such as mobile phones, digital cameras, and notebook PCs for the purpose of effective use of resources. Put it in the pink collection box at the next installation location.

• Once placed in the collection box, it cannot be returned.
• For products that contain personal information, delete the personal information before putting it in the collection box.
• Remove batteries, light bulbs, and fluorescent lamp before putting them in the collection box.
• Items that do not fit completely into the collection box cannot be collected.

Do not mix electronic devices including lithium-ion batteries, heated cigarettes, electronic devices, and other electronic devices, including lithium-ion batteriesnon-burnable garbage. This may cause ignition trouble in the recycling plant.
Rechargeable batteries should be placed in the yellow cans and rechargeable battery recycling box at the following locations.

• Products with built-in batteries can be taken out as small home appliances even if the battery cannot be removed.

Unnecessary mercury thermometers, sphygmomanometers, and thermometers at home are collected at the Sakae Ward Office Regional Promotion Division window (46th floor on the 4th floor) and Sakae office.

If you find dead animals, please contact the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Sakae Office (891-9200).

Illegal dumping is prohibited by the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law. Violation can result in imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to 10 million yen.
It is also a crime to leave products subject to oversized garbage and home appliance recycling in a collection site. Please follow the rules and dispose of it.

If illegal dumping is dumped on private land, the owner / manager of the land / building will respond. If you are damaged by illegal dumping, please contact your nearest police department.
Regarding illegal dumping on public roads, etc., please contact the Public Works Office Ward, the administrator, so please contact us.
In addition, in ward office, we hand illegal dumping measures signboard to prevent illegal dumping. Please contact Regional Promotion Division Resources Reuse Promotion.

We distribute garbage bags for community cleaning used in Neighborhood Association and Neighborhood Associations. If necessary, please contact Regional Promotion Division Resources Reuse Promotion.
If a large amount of garbage comes out during community cleaning, please consult the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Sakae Office (891-9200) before discharging.