Waste reduction and recycling information

• local recyclables collection

• collection box for recyclables

• recycle paper open yard

• Center recycling

• Konan Resource Recovery Center

• Store collection

• Home Appliance Recycling

• PC recycling

Neighborhood Association / Neighborhood Associations, children's associations, geriatric clubs, PTAs, etc., as voluntary activities in the community, collect paper, cloth, metals, bottles, etc. in certain places on a fixed date, with the cooperation of each family. Handed over to the collection company.

※　local recyclables collection organizations registered with Yokohama City can receive "incentives" according to the amount collected.
The "Incentive" is 3 yen per kilogram of collected amount.

●New local recyclables collection is implemented

[Registration] Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Business Division, Regional Cooperation Promotion Phone: 671-3817

[Introduction to collectors, etc.] Resource Recycling Business Cooperative Phone: 316-4050

"collection box for recyclables", which can bring in recyclables from homes such as newspapers and used clothes, has been set up at the following citizen facilities in the ward.

• Items to be collected: Newspapers, magazines and other papers, paper packs, cloths
• Opening hours: During the opening hours of each facility
• Contact: Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Tsurumi Office Phone: 045-502-5383

The following yards are temporarily opened and recycled recycle paper (newspapers, magazines, cardboard, paper packs) generated from homes.

• Contact: Yamamuro Yokohama Store Co., Ltd. Phone: 045-784-5770
• Date and time of acceptance: Every Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00

We collect bases such as paper, used clothes, plastic containers and packaging.

• Collection Location: Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Tsurumi Office
• Date and time: Every day from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm
  ※Holidays are also held during the year-end and New Year holidays.
• Items to be collected: Newspapers, cardboard, paper packs, magazines, used clothes and used cloth, plastic containers and packaging, cans, bottles, plastic bottles, small metals, spray cans
• Contact: Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Tsurumi Office Phone: 045-502-5383

Recycled resources such as used clothes and used cloth can be brought directly.

• Location: 3-1-2, Hinominami, Kounan-ku
• Opening hours: From 9 to 21:00
• Closed days: Facility inspection date (1st Wednesday, 2nd Wednesday of January), 12/29-1/3
• Items to be collected: Newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous paper, cardboard, used clothes and used cloth, cans and bottles
• Contact: Phone: 045-832-2900

※Food trays should be given priority to store collection carried out at supermarkets.

※Items not covered by
・Products themselves (video tapes, toys, washbasins, etc.) → "burnable garbage" (to the City of Yokohama, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau page)
・PET bottles → “cans, bottles, PET bottles” (to the City of Yokohama, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau page) (but caps and labels should be made into plastic containers and packaging.)

Air conditioners, televisions, electric refrigerators, electric freezers, and electric washing machines cannot be collected by oversized garbage.
If you no longer need it, please pay the recycling fee and collection and transportation fee (depending on the store) to the new retailer at the time of purchase or the newly purchased retailer.
If you are unable to request a retail store, please contact the "Yokohama Appliance Recycling Promotion Council Reception Center" below.

• Yokohama Appliance Recycling Promotion Council Reception Center Contact InformationClick here for (City of Yokohama, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau page)

Unnecessary PCs can no longer be collected as oversized garbage (if the manufacturer who purchased the company has gone bankrupt or has withdrawn).
For information on collection methods and processing costs, please contact each manufacturer and follow them.
※Accessories such as keyboards, mouses, cables, and other accessories sold with the personal computer will be collected together.

Peripheral devices such as printers and scanners will be collected by Yokohama City as household garbage if they are approximately 50 cm or less, and as oversized garbage.

• Contact:JEITA (JITA: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) (external site)　Phone: 03-5282-7685
  ※The contact information of each manufacturer is posted here.
  ・Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Business Division Regional Cooperation Promotion Telephone: 045-671-3817
  ・Oversized Garbage Reception Center Phone: 0570-200-530