Guidelines for Disposal of Household Recyclables/Garbage

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English For INDEX 英語 Household Use Nagano City - Happy Neighborhoods Special How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage Fee-based Program Issue P. 1 to 2 Please keep this Guidelines booklet until a revised edition is released. Plastic Packages for Disposal P. 3 to 4 Collection at Sites Disposal of Household Recyclables Papers P. 5 Cans, Recyclables/Garbage Plastic Bottles P. 6 Three Basic Disposal Rules Bottles, Separate according to the rules Dry Cell Batteries 1 in this booklet. P.7 2 By 8:00 on the morning of Follow the rules of your area. Yard Waste collection day P.8 3 Put items out at the disposal site in your area Collection sites are cleaned-up and managed by each local community. Burnable Garbage P.9 Garbage and Recyclables shall be dropped o only at the designated collection site. Non-burnable Garbage P.10 Collection Not at

Disposal Sites Disposal Sunday Recycle Disposal of Fluorescent Lights Thank you for and Small Home Appliances your cooperation in at Collection Sites reducing garbage P.11 to 12 and recycling. Direct Drop-o for items brought to the Recycle Center's salvage yard and that cannot be handled by the city. Not Handled

by the City P.13 to 14 Collection/Processing Burnable Non- Plastic Recyclables by Manufacturers Electric Appliance burnable Recycling P.15 Reduce the wasteful consumption of goods Reduce by using items carefully! Recycling of PCs and Practice the Motorbikes 3Rs! Reuse items by repurposing P.16 Reuse rather discarding them! 3R Reduction of Food Loss and Waste Recycle Recycle recyclables through proper sorting! Subsidy for Household Garbage Disposal P.17 Collected Items  Group Collection Garbage Classication Index Some local groups, such as PTAs and educational P.18 to 22 organizations, collect recyclables. Take part if you can. Papers Bottles Cans Cloth Other Some communities and groups provide 24-hour Collection items, times, and methods Commercial Waste recycling drop-o sites, or recycling houses. vary from group to group, so check Take commercial waste to the Nagano with a person in charge. Environmental Energy Center or Nagano City Recycle Center (some items are not accepted) Follow the rules and sort everything well. or request disposal by an authorized collector. All collection sites of local communities are dedicated to household garbage. Commercial waste disposal is not Nagano City allowed at these disposal sites. How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage / Fee-based Program Fee-based Program How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage and Dispose How to Sort Fee-based Program How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage / Fee-based Program Separate garbage and recyclables according to the rules in this booklet. Former Designated Bags Check the collection days in the Nagano City Household Use Recyclables and Garbage Collection (for Burnable Garbage and Non-burnable Garbage) Calendar. Put items out at the disposal site in your area by 8:00 on collection day. If you still have Former Designated Bags, you may use them for a while with an appropriate Prepaid Sticker. Buy Designated Bags and Oversized Garbage Stickers at authorized stores. Former Designated Bags Prepaid-Stickers Put cans, bottles, plastic bottles, and dry cell batteries in the bags and containers at disposal sites. (common to Burnable Garbage Separate your garbage into the following eight categories: and Non-burnable Garbage) 1. Burnable Garbage 2. Non-Burnable Garbage 3. Plastic Packages 4. Papers 5. Cans ¥30 per sticker for a 6. Bottles & Dry-Cell Batteries 7. Plastic Bottles 8. Yard Waste Large bag Ask community ofﬁcers, residential superintendents, or your neighbors about the location of disposal sites. Burnable and Non-Burnable Garbage as well as Plastic Packages need to be put in designated bags. ¥20 per sticker for a Disposal fees are included in the price of bags for Burnable and Non-Burnable Garbage. Small bag Burnable and Non-Burnable Garbage that does not ﬁt in designated bags requires an Oversized Garbage Sticker (size restrictions apply). Only “bag price” has been paid Purchase price = Garbage disposal fee Items will not be picked up if the rules are not followed. *Prepaid Stickers are available at stores authorized by the City. Two Prepaid Stickers can be used in place of one Oversized Garbage Sticker. Charging for Household Garbage Designated Bags for Plastic Packages may be still used without Prepaid Stickers. The fee-based program for household garbage disposal began on October 1, 2009. Nagano City introduced a fee-based program for household garbage disposal, aiming for a Relief from paying garbage disposal fee reduction of garbage, more aggressive separation for recycling, and a fairer charge for disposal Designated Bags for Burnable Garbage will be provided for free according to the system for volume. By purchasing Designated Bags and Oversized Garbage Stickers, city residents will the reduction/exemption of household garbage disposal fees. See below for details. help cover the costs of Burnable Garbage and Non-burnable Garbage disposal. Application Eligibility As for Recyclables (Plastic Packages, Papers, Cans, Bottles, Plastic Bottles, etc.), no garbage Descriptions requirements Eligibility disposal fee is charged. Separate recyclable materials from garbage thoroughly. Infants below 3 years old, registered in Nagano City Garbage disposal fee: *Not for household garbage that cannot be left at disposal sites when admitted to an institution.

Garbage disposal fee: Charged Not required Free of charge •Burnable Garbage/Large 30 L. bags: 30 bags/year (up to 90 bags for 3 years)

Infants *For those who meet the requirements and need bags past the newborn period: bags will be directly delivered all at once, according to age in months. Non-burnable Procedures for Categories Burnable Garbage Plastic Packages •90 bags (for 3 years) will be handed over all at once upon registration of a birth at the Citizens’ Registration Section or a branch of ce. Garbage beneﬁt •90 bags (for 3 years) will be sent to your home after registration of a birth at another municipality or a security of ce. Extra Large Large Small Extra Small Large Small Large Small •Bags will be sent to your home according to age in months upon registration of a move. (40 L.) (30 L.) (20 L.) (10 L.) (30 L.) (20 L.) (30 L.) (20 L.) •Bags will be sent to your home according to age in months upon leaving an orphanage (noti cation of change of address) *Contact the Living Environment Management Section (TEL 026-224-5035) only when leaving an orphanage. Eligibility requirements

Designated Bags Type/capacity Persons who reside within the city, use paper diapers on a regular basis, or dispose of large amounts of medical waste as a result of dialysis at home, and fall into one of the categories below. of bags Persons using paper diapers or performing home-based peritoneal dialysis, etc. • • •Those who have written permission from a doctor or other appropriate authority for the use of paper diapers or at-home medical devices. *Not for household garbage that cannot be left at disposal sites when admitted to an institution. (Certain facilities accept disposal of household garbage at disposal sites, so check when you are admitted.) *Paper diapers include rehabilitation underpants and incontinence pads, and are not for those who use diapers temporarily or only when going out. Fee ¥40/bag ¥30/bag ¥20/bag ¥10/bag ¥30/bag ¥20/bag Free of charge *Persons who dispose of large amounts of medical waste as a result of dialysis at home account for about 20 large bags (30 liters) of Burnable Garbage left at disposal sites annually (¥1/liter) Amount/year *When you apply, please choose either large or small bags. Large bags for Burnable Garbage (30 liters) Small bags for Burnable Garbage (20 liters) Purchase price *For those who become eligible in the (per set) Bag price Bag price Bag price Bag price Bag price Bag price Regular paper diaper users 60 bags/year 90 bags/year middle of the ﬁscal year, the number + + + + + + Large amounts of medical waste of bags will be different. 1 set=10 bags only “bag price” 20 bags/year 30 bags/year Disposal fee Disposal fee Disposal fee Disposal fee Disposal fee Disposal fee Required Please bring the following items 1-3 with your initial application (application by a representative is “Bag price” may ¥400 ¥300 ¥200 ¥100 ¥300 ¥200 acceptable; not available Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays). Bags will be handed over at the reception desk. vary by retailer Where to apply

Over-sized Garbage Living Environment Management Section (3rd floor of City Hall Building No. 2), all branch offices Common to burnable/non-burnable Over-sized Garbage Things to bring with you Sticker Type Burnable Garbage and Stickers garbage that cannot be put Sticker is Not required 1. Any of the following that you have been issued: Non-burnable Garbage in a designated bag, Long-term Care Insurance Certificate, Physical Disability Logbook, Caring for a Child with a Disability Logbook Dispose of a large plastic 2. Something that confirms the usage of diapers or home-based medical devices container that cannot be put Regular paper diaper users E.g. Receipts (dated within 6 months before application) or certificates issued by a doctor that confirms the usage ¥40/sticker (= Disposal fee) in a designated bag, as it is, of diapers (Check the period of validity, if any) Purchase price without Over-sized Garbage Available by piece Disposing of large amounts of medical waste E.g. Official certificates issued by a medical organization (Check the period of validity, if any) Sticker 3. Seal of the applicant (If you do not have a seal, bring ID or other proof of identity.) *On the application form, write the contents of the medical waste disposed of regularly in large amounts. In order to confirm the situation, we may inquire about Both Designated Bags and Stickers are available at authorized retailers (supermarkets, drug stores, the physical condition of the applicant, and depending on their condition, a medical certificate from a doctor or a statement from the applicant may be required. *For the following years, bags will be sent annually to the address written in the application (in general, reapplying is not required). home improvement centers, etc.). The garbage disposal fee with that purchase will be paid to the City *Changes can be made at any time, but changes in amount and address will be reflected in the following year (reapplying is required). via authorized retailers. *If an eligible person becomes ineligible due to long-term hospitalization or institutionalization, contact the Living Environment Management Section (TEL026-224-5035). You may be asked to return unused Designated Bags. Oversized Garbage Stickers delivered free of charge by the City until September 30, 2009 have been discontinued. The old stickers are collected at City Hall and branch offices. * The garbage disposal fee will be reduced or exempted for a household receiving welfare bene t. For details, contact the Living Assistance Section (026-224-7529). Not for household garbage that cannot be left at disposal sites when admitted to an institution.

1 How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage / Fee-based Program Fee-based Program How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage and Dispose How to Sort Fee-based Program How to Sort and Dispose of Garbage / Fee-based Program Separate garbage and recyclables according to the rules in this booklet. Former Designated Bags Check the collection days in the Nagano City Household Use Recyclables and Garbage Collection (for Burnable Garbage and Non-burnable Garbage) Calendar. Put items out at the disposal site in your area by 8:00 on collection day. If you still have Former Designated Bags, you may use them for a while with an appropriate Prepaid Sticker. Buy Designated Bags and Oversized Garbage Stickers at authorized stores. Former Designated Bags Prepaid-Stickers Put cans, bottles, plastic bottles, and dry cell batteries in the bags and containers at disposal sites. (common to Burnable Garbage Separate your garbage into the following eight categories: and Non-burnable Garbage) 1. Burnable Garbage 2. Non-Burnable Garbage 3. Plastic Packages 4. Papers 5. Cans ¥30 per sticker for a 6. Bottles & Dry-Cell Batteries 7. Plastic Bottles 8. Yard Waste Large bag Ask community ofﬁcers, residential superintendents, or your neighbors about the location of disposal sites. Burnable and Non-Burnable Garbage as well as Plastic Packages need to be put in designated bags. ¥20 per sticker for a Disposal fees are included in the price of bags for Burnable and Non-Burnable Garbage. Small bag Burnable and Non-Burnable Garbage that does not ﬁt in designated bags requires an Oversized Garbage Sticker (size restrictions apply). Only “bag price” has been paid Purchase price = Garbage disposal fee Items will not be picked up if the rules are not followed. *Prepaid Stickers are available at stores authorized by the City. Two Prepaid Stickers can be used in place of one Oversized Garbage Sticker. Charging for Household Garbage Designated Bags for Plastic Packages may be still used without Prepaid Stickers. The fee-based program for household garbage disposal began on October 1, 2009. Nagano City introduced a fee-based program for household garbage disposal, aiming for a Relief from paying garbage disposal fee reduction of garbage, more aggressive separation for recycling, and a fairer charge for disposal Designated Bags for Burnable Garbage will be provided for free according to the system for volume. By purchasing Designated Bags and Oversized Garbage Stickers, city residents will the reduction/exemption of household garbage disposal fees. See below for details. help cover the costs of Burnable Garbage and Non-burnable Garbage disposal. Application Eligibility As for Recyclables (Plastic Packages, Papers, Cans, Bottles, Plastic Bottles, etc.), no garbage Descriptions requirements Eligibility disposal fee is charged. Separate recyclable materials from garbage thoroughly. Infants below 3 years old, registered in Nagano City Garbage disposal fee: *Not for household garbage that cannot be left at disposal sites when admitted to an institution.

Garbage disposal fee: Charged Not required Free of charge •Burnable Garbage/Large 30 L. bags: 30 bags/year (up to 90 bags for 3 years)

2 Disposal at Collection Sites Recyclables Recyclables Disposal at Collection Sites

on the day indicated as Plastic Packages プラ (Plastic Packages) on the Calendar Once a week collection Level of Dirtiness Put them in a designated bag and drop off at collection site. Level: “Almost no odor emitting from plastic garbage that has been left for Plastic Packages Plastic Packages Plastic and directly dispose of them (Over-sized Garbage Sticker is not required). one to two weeks” *Purchase Designated bags which are available at any retailer who is authorized to sell them by the City (supermarkets, drug stores, home improvement centers, etc.) Rinse the inside lightly or wipe off with a paper. Max dimensions of an item that you may place at your local garbage Plastic items with slight residue may be disposed Look for this recycling symbol! collection site are about 1 m x 50 cm x 50 cm. directly without cleaning off.

Plastic packages that contained products (needing large volume of detergent and water for (containers) or that were wrapped around removal) should go in Burnable Garbage. goods (wraps) go in this category. Bottles Cups/Packs Items with obstinate dirt or containing any other materials cannot be recycled Ensure bottle is Remove cap or pump Caps empty before from bottle disposal!

Items may also have parts that go in Paper, so Drain well. be sure to check for the プラ (plastic) symbol.

●Containers of cup noodles, pudding, Attention instant food, box-lunch, etc. Items that do not go in this category Items that do not go in this category ●Packs for eggs, bite-size jelly, etc. Soft plastic Polyvinyl hose, Polyvinyl string, Go in Burnable Garbage ● Plastic Caps for Plastic bottles, (Tapes should be disposed as ●Cases for medicines, cosmetics, items including straws, bath mats, cassette Burnable garbage, causing the PET bottles, and other bottles tapes tapes, video tapes, etc. non-burnable garbage crusher to get commodities, etc. clogged) ● Containers for dips, bouillons, and lactic ●Packs for tooth brushes, etc. acid bacteria drink, etc. Products themselves planters, tooth brushes, razors, Containers for detergent, shampoo, Ensure container is empty, free Net bags ● (not packages) laundry, clothespins, CDs, MDs, conditioner, and cream, etc. from food, etc, before disposal! Hard plastic Go in Non-burnable (Food scraps are burnable items ● Containers for gargling, eye drops, etc. spoons, strainers, plastic toys, Garbage garbage) plastic construction kits, Ballpoint Trays pens, etc. Paper containers for cup-noodles, paper cups, paper Non-plastic items Go in Burnable Garbage Label adhered on a wrap yogurt containers, etc. ●Netting bags for oranges and onions around food tray which cannot bottles Styrofoam nets for apples and PET ● Plastic bottles bearing Plastic bottles of beverage/alcohol/soy sauce variations/mirin be peeled off may be disposed peaches, etc. Go in PET bottles of as it is this symbol cooking wine/non-oil salad dressing recycling symbol that go Items bearing Plastic

in Burnable Garbage Those contaminated Cushioning materials Edible oil bottles, retort food pouches, sauce containers, tubes (including mayonnaise, ketchup, wasabi, toothpaste tubes), etc. Go in Burnable Garbage; Particle items remove Debris-eliminated ones go in Plastic go in Burnable Contaminated cup-noodle containers, contaminated box-lunch Packages Contaminated items Garbage containers, contaminated food trays, etc.

Bags for vegetables, buckwheat noodles, ● Bags for home-care Go in Burnable Garbage and breads (disposed as Burnable Garbage for Needles go to the edical institution hygienic reasons) ●Tray of fruits ●Wraps of fresh foods they were received fro ●Tray of prepared foods and cakes ● Styrofoam for protecting electric ●Tray of fresh foods ● Bags for instant foods and frozen foods ● appliances, etc. (Use collection services provided by your local ●Wraps of candies and cakes Hint 2 Plastic cushion materials Hints supermarkets preferably) ● Cashier plastic bags, packaging bags for ● clothes, and packaging bags for toilet papers Hint 1 Some plastic packages are labeled with small alphabet ny garbage put in a bag other than designated bags or in a corrugated container will not be collected. logos such as “PP”, “PE”, and “PET”, together with a Recyclable Plastic symbol. These logos represent Remember! ard plastic goes in Nonburnable arbage. to remove them, can be disposed of as they are. plastic materials and are not concerned for sorting. Soft plastic goes in Burnable arbage (see pages 9 10) (Labels that are bonded to wraps around food packages) Classify them by a Recyclable Plastic symbol.  Use up the contents  Remove inner surface  Put in a designated bag and place completely contamination it at collection site (Rinse out or wipe off lightly) (Place it separately from Burnable Garbage) Flow of Recyclable materials Recycling plants Plastic Packages are recycled Plastic Packages Compressing/ into pallets and similar items. Recycling Attention packing facility Pallet: Can be used Items that do not go for stacking items in in this category are store rooms or for Use the remaining water excluded by manual transporting large to rinse, such as water Do not throw plastic sorting cargo used for dish washing packages away in plastic shopping bags (This interferes with recycling 3 work.) Disposal at Collection Sites Recyclables Recyclables Disposal at Collection Sites on the day indicated as Plastic Packages プラ (Plastic Packages) on the Calendar Once a week collection Level of Dirtiness Put them in a designated bag and drop off at collection site. Level: “Almost no odor emitting from plastic garbage that has been left for Plastic Packages Plastic Packages Plastic and directly dispose of them (Over-sized Garbage Sticker is not required). one to two weeks” *Purchase Designated bags which are available at any retailer who is authorized to sell them by the City (supermarkets, drug stores, home improvement centers, etc.) Rinse the inside lightly or wipe off with a paper. Max dimensions of an item that you may place at your local garbage Plastic items with slight residue may be disposed Look for this recycling symbol! collection site are about 1 m x 50 cm x 50 cm. directly without cleaning off.

Items may also have parts that go in Paper, so Drain well. be sure to check for the プラ (plastic) symbol.

Bags for vegetables, buckwheat noodles, ● Bags for home-care Go in Burnable Garbage and breads (disposed as Burnable Garbage for Needles go to the edical institution hygienic reasons) ●Tray of fruits ●Wraps of fresh foods they were received fro ●Tray of prepared foods and cakes ● Styrofoam for protecting electric ●Tray of fresh foods ● Bags for instant foods and frozen foods ● appliances, etc. (Use collection services provided by your local ●Wraps of candies and cakes Hint 2 Plastic cushion materials Hints supermarkets preferably) ● Cashier plastic bags, packaging bags for ● clothes, and packaging bags for toilet papers Hint 1 Some plastic packages are labeled with small alphabet ny garbage put in a bag other than designated bags or in a corrugated container will not be collected. logos such as “PP”, “PE”, and “PET”, together with a Recyclable Plastic symbol. These logos represent Remember! ard plastic goes in Nonburnable arbage. to remove them, can be disposed of as they are. plastic materials and are not concerned for sorting. Soft plastic goes in Burnable arbage (see pages 9 10) (Labels that are bonded to wraps around food packages) Classify them by a Recyclable Plastic symbol.  Use up the contents  Remove inner surface  Put in a designated bag and place completely contamination it at collection site (Rinse out or wipe off lightly) (Place it separately from Burnable Garbage) Flow of Recyclable materials Recycling plants Plastic Packages are recycled Plastic Packages Compressing/ into pallets and similar items. Recycling Attention packing facility Pallet: Can be used Items that do not go for stacking items in in this category are store rooms or for Use the remaining water excluded by manual transporting large to rinse, such as water Do not throw plastic sorting cargo used for dish washing packages away in plastic shopping bags (This interferes with recycling work.) 4 Disposal at Collection Sites Recyclables Recyclables Disposal at Collection Sites

on the day indicated as 紙 (Paper) on the day indicated as 缶 (Cans) Papers on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection Cans on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection

Separate papers into four categories and tie a string crosswise and lengthwise Please put them as they are in a Blue net bag at collection site. around each item and drop-off them at collection site. (Plastic string is acceptable for tying papers. Do not use gummed tape) Look for this Attention Spray cans (including aerosol)/ 1 Newspapers/Flyers 2 Cardboards recycling symbol! gas canisters should also be

Papers thrown away on Can day! Flyers refer to advertising papers inserted into newspapers Cardboards with inner corrugated liners

Newspapers and Separated can Cans / Plastic Bottles lids and bottled- can tops can tied together or be disposed of Fires caused by spray cans occur frequently! separately in a together with the can bodies Be sure to punch a hole in the can after you have bundle completely used up the product inside. Do so *Rinse the inside lightly to remove contamination before disposal. outdoors and far away from open ﬂames. *Thick papers having no corrugated liner go in Dispose of it on the day for cans. *Direct-mails go in “ 4 Magazines/Other old papers” “ 4 Magazines/Other old papers” *Crush them slightly (If impossible, dispose of them as they are). *Be careful not to be injured by the sharp edge. *If the nozzle cannot be removed, throw the can away as is.

3 Paper cartons 4 Magazines/Other old papers Spray cans (including aerosol) and butane gas can disposal Books, notebooks, magazines, comics, catalogues, picture Attention Items that do not go in this category 1 Use contents up 2 Put a hole in it 3 Throw the can away Beverage cartons that are white inside books, empty bags, paper sheet, wrapping papers, meno notes, completely on the day for Cans postcards, business cards, strip-cut shredded paper (about 10cm Go in The disposal method Use a hole punch available Cans go into the same ●Empty paint cans (other than spray cans) for purchase at retailers disposal nets (blue nets) Look for this recycling symbol! Non-burnable is written under 使用 18-liters or larger empty can 上の注意 (warning). Be careful that the contents as beverage cans on the ● Garbage do not get on your face or day for Cans Remove non-paper materials body. such as plastic holders dispensed go in Plastic Packages Caution: Keep away from re Flow of recyclable materials mills Iron H-shaped steel-beam, Steel cans Reinforcing steel, etc.; Compressor Cans Separator Steel cans *For small paper, place them in magazines or used paper Aluminum

*Rinse the inside and cut them open and dry recycling boxes, etc. or put in used envelops or paper bags and tie a Recycling *Cartons that are silver inside go in “Burnable Garbage” string around the bag. plant Aluminum cans Aluminum cans Attention Items that do not go in this category on the day indicated as (PET) The following items will not be collected as Paper. These go in Burnable Garbage Plastic Bottles ペット Once per two weeks collection ●Used tissues and paper that is oily or still has food on it *Toyono district: Once a month collection Put them directly into a Green net bag located at collection site. at the designated collection site ●Heat sensitive papers (FAX papers, receipts, etc.), carbon papers Waterproof papers (yogurt containers, processed paper cup, etc.) ● Plastic bottles of beverages/alcohol/soy sauce variations/ ●Print paper (iron print paper, papers stuffed in bags and shoes, package cushioning, etc.) Look for this mirin cooking wine/vinegar/non-oil salad dressing Thermal paper (paper used for Braille, etc.) ● recycling symbol! *Certain bottles have the PET mark only on the label, ●Soap/detergents package (because the odor is not adequately removed) not on the bottle, and can be thrown away as Plastic Bottles. ●Paper-based beverage cartons that are silver inside (aluminum laminated), *Remove the label and cap. Rinse the inside lightly to remove such as alcoholic-sake cartons residue before disposal. ●Photographs, photo album sheet *Throw bottles away as is or crush lightly. ●Caps and labels *The ring around the neck can be left on. ●Cellophane sheets and ﬁlms (window seal), Attention ●Plastic bottles without the PET mark ●Adhesive tapes and seals (paper ones included) 1. Bottles with the PET mark Go in Plastic Packages Shredder paper Accepted 2. Bottles that do not have the PET mark on the bottle, ● but have it on the label (Paper labels go in Burnable Garbage) ●Plastic bottles made into crafts Not and other items accepted Plastic bottles without the PET mark on the bottle or label Flow of Recyclable materials Go in Burnable Garbage

Newspapers/Flyers Paper manufacturers Newspapers, magazines, and OA papers, etc. Flow of recyclable materials Recycling plants Recycling

Cardboards Cardboards Compressing/ Carpets, work gloves, egg packs, detergent equipment Plastic bottles Packaging bottles, and bands/strings, etc. Recycling Paper cartons Tissue papers, toilet papers

Magazines/ えほん Cake boxes, paper sheets, picture books, etc. Other old papers

5 Disposal at Collection Sites Recyclables Recyclables Disposal at Collection Sites on the day indicated as 紙 (Paper) on the day indicated as 缶 (Cans) Papers on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection Cans on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection

Papers thrown away on Can day! Flyers refer to advertising papers inserted into newspapers Cardboards with inner corrugated liners

Newspapers/Flyers Paper manufacturers Newspapers, magazines, and OA papers, etc. Flow of recyclable materials Recycling plants Recycling

Cardboards Cardboards Compressing/ Carpets, work gloves, egg packs, detergent equipment Plastic bottles Packaging bottles, and bands/strings, etc. Recycling Paper cartons Tissue papers, toilet papers

Magazines/ えほん Cake boxes, paper sheets, picture books, etc. Other old papers

6 Disposal at Collection Sites Recyclables Recyclables Disposal at Collection Sites

on the day indicated as ビン (Bottles) Every 4 weeks collection on the day indicated as 枝葉 (Yard ) Bottles on the Calendar Yard Waste on the Calendar Once a week collection from April to December *Toyono district: Once a month collection Classify into 3 colors and place them directly into the respective at the designated collection site Yard waste is collected as Recyclables from October 1, 2009. (No fee is charged for collection) color containers matching to each category. As most of residents in the Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts dispose of yard waste at home, the City does not collect it. If you cannot process the waste at home, please drop it off at Sunday Recycle events Clear Brown Other colors held at the Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, or Nakajo Branch Ofﬁce from April to November Broen bottles can No need to remove (See page 11). White Container be also placed in it Brown Containers labels Blue Containers (Be careful not to be inured) If ring part reains on ● Yard Waste and Bamboo There are no designated bags. the bottle ri when the 1. Bundle up the branches with twine or vinyl rope OR *Do not wrap bottle cap is reoved, ● Grass and ower clippings 2. Put them into transparent bags. in paper. such bottle ay be disposed of as it is ● Stalks and leaves from vegetable gardens *Oversized Garbage Stickers are not required in either case. *Food waste goes in Burnable Garbage *You may use old designated bags for yard waste (fee sticker *Reove the cap and rinse the inside lightly before disposal. *If you do not now which color container to put it in, put it in the blue container. not required). ●Weeds ● Leaves *Shopping bags that you cannot see inside of are not accepted Bottles / Dry Cell Batteries Warning 1 Each limb must be less than 25 cm in diameter. Remove as much soil as possible Attention Items that do not go in this category Cut to no longer before putting waste in the bag. Warning 2 Invasive alien species, such as bur than 1 m in length Ceramic wares, cosmetics bottles, empty medicine cucumber and tickseed, and pest Yard Waste bottles (household medicine bottles go in bottles), Go in Non-burnable Garbage (fall webworm) infested branches go milk-glass bottles in Burnable Garbage.

Bottle caps (plastic) Go in Plastic Packages

Bundles less than 50 cm in Diameter Wire/cord not accepted *Do not put small pieces of garbage, Hints Beer bottles, 1.8-L bottles, milk bottles, etc. can be repeatedly used by cleaning, which are referred Straw/hemp rope preferred such as cigarette butts, in the bag. to as “Returnable Bottles”. Return these bottles to retailers for recycling or take them to any Group Resource Collection by schools or communities preferably. Disposal of large amounts of garbage Check this mark! You may place only appropriate amount at collection The drop-off site for 枝葉 (Yard) waste is Option 1 site on a collection day and place the rest on the the same site as for プラ (Plastic Packages). following collection days. Flow of Recyclable materials You may drop off at the Nagano City Recycle Center

plants Vegetables, fruits, and cooking scraps Go in Burnable Garbage Other Recycled into Timber, wooden furniture, bamboo items, etc. Other color bottles color glass cullet new black bottles Agricultural or commercial yard waste Not Accepted Goes to a waste management facility

*Blind persons may put bottles in a plastic bag and throw them away at disposal sites without separating them if a Braille sticker is attached to the bag. Attention Contact the Living Environment Management Section for the stickers. Yard waste is not collected from January to March (December to March for Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, and Nakajo Districts) Yard Waste collection is not provided with Recyclables at disposal sites (or Sunday Recycle events for Togakushi, on the day indicated as ビン (Bottles) Dry cell batteries on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, and Nakajo Districts) Any yard garbage generated during this period should be stored until April or may be thrown away as Burnable Put them directly into a Red container located at collection site. *Toyono district: Once a month collection at the designated collection site Garbage. To dispose as Burnable Garbage, put it out with other Burnable Garbage (disposal fee is charged). *Disposal is free when you bring the waste directly to the Nagano City Recycle Center (see page 13). Attention Rechargeable batteries JBRC and button batteries Rechargeable 0364035673 Red container Contact batteries should be dropped o httpwww.brc.co Flow of Recyclable materials at participating stores

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Button Cell Battery Pruned limbs Tipping Recycling Collection Ni-Cd Ni-MH Li-ion Button cell － batteries Promotion Center Mulching materials * Lithium ion coin cell batteries go in 0120266205 Non-burnable Garbage. Insulate Leaves/Grass/Twigs with adhesive tape before disposal. httpwww.botanaishu.p

7 Disposal at Collection Sites Recyclables Recyclables Disposal at Collection Sites on the day indicated as ビン (Bottles) Every 4 weeks collection on the day indicated as 枝葉 (Yard ) Bottles on the Calendar Yard Waste on the Calendar Once a week collection from April to December *Toyono district: Once a month collection Classify into 3 colors and place them directly into the respective at the designated collection site Yard waste is collected as Recyclables from October 1, 2009. (No fee is charged for collection) color containers matching to each category. As most of residents in the Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts dispose of yard waste at home, the City does not collect it. If you cannot process the waste at home, please drop it off at Sunday Recycle events Clear Brown Other colors held at the Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, or Nakajo Branch Ofﬁce from April to November Broen bottles can No need to remove (See page 11). White Container be also placed in it Brown Containers labels Blue Containers (Be careful not to be inured) If ring part reains on ● Yard Waste and Bamboo There are no designated bags. the bottle ri when the 1. Bundle up the branches with twine or vinyl rope OR *Do not wrap bottle cap is reoved, ● Grass and ower clippings 2. Put them into transparent bags. in paper. such bottle ay be disposed of as it is ● Stalks and leaves from vegetable gardens *Oversized Garbage Stickers are not required in either case. *Food waste goes in Burnable Garbage *You may use old designated bags for yard waste (fee sticker *Reove the cap and rinse the inside lightly before disposal. *If you do not now which color container to put it in, put it in the blue container. not required). ●Weeds ● Leaves *Shopping bags that you cannot see inside of are not accepted Bottles / Dry Cell Batteries Warning 1 Each limb must be less than 25 cm in diameter. Remove as much soil as possible Attention Items that do not go in this category Cut to no longer before putting waste in the bag. Warning 2 Invasive alien species, such as bur than 1 m in length Ceramic wares, cosmetics bottles, empty medicine cucumber and tickseed, and pest Yard Waste bottles (household medicine bottles go in bottles), Go in Non-burnable Garbage (fall webworm) infested branches go milk-glass bottles in Burnable Garbage.

Bottle caps (plastic) Go in Plastic Packages

Bottle makers Option 2 (free of charge), only when you bring items in yourself. Thank you for your continuous Recycled into new Clear bottles Clear glass cullet See page 13 help in processing yard waste (Melt) clear bottles Items that do not fall into a particular category will be treated as Burnable Garbage (for a fee). at your farm, etc. Recycling Crush Recycled into new Brown bottles Brown glass cullet brown bottles Attention Items that do not go in this category Recycling plants Vegetables, fruits, and cooking scraps Go in Burnable Garbage Other Recycled into Timber, wooden furniture, bamboo items, etc. Other color bottles color glass cullet new black bottles Agricultural or commercial yard waste Not Accepted Goes to a waste management facility

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8 Disposal at Collection Sites Disposal at Collection Sites

on the day indicated as on the day indicated as 不燃 (Non- Burnable Garbage 可燃 (Burnable Garbage) on the Calendar Twice a week collection Non-burnable Garbage burnable Garbage) on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, and Shinshu Shinmachi, Districts: Put them in a designated bag and drop off Collected once a week Put them in a designated bag and drop off at at collection site. For Former collection site. For Former For Burnable and Burnable Designated Bags For Burnable and Non-Burnable Designated Bags Non-burnable Garbage garbage for Burnable garbage Non-burnable Garbage garbage for Non-Burnable garbage Garbage Sticker before disposal. Oversized Garbage Garbage Sticker before dispose. Oversized Garbage (Items that t in the garbage truck. Stickers Prepaid Stickers (Items that t in the garbage truck. Stickers Prepaid Stickers Max dimensions of an item that you may place at Max dimensions of an item that you may place at your local garbage collection site are about your local garbage collection site are about 1 m x 50 cm x 50 cm) 1 m x 50 cm x 50 cm.)

*Purchase Designated Bags, Oversized Garbage Stickers *Af x according *Purchase Designated bags which are *Af x according and prepaid Stickers at authorized stores. to the bag size available at any retailer who is authorized to the bag size *Garbage disposal fee is charged from October 1, 2009. to sell them by the City (supermarkets, drug stores, home improvement centers, etc.). Papers that are not recyclable Soft Plastic products *Garbage disposal fee is charged from October 1, 2009. Soap/detergent packaging Shredder paper (Products themselves) (because the odor cannot Air conditioners, Televisions, Laundry Metal items Ceramic wares/ Electric washing machines, Refrigerator, be adequately removed) Glass wares appliances Freezers, Laundry dryer, Personal computers are not accepted Converted papers Paper diapers Photographs (metal bottle caps) (Polyvinyl strings/Packing No uorescent lights PP strap bands, etc.) (Bath mats) (Sponges) (Straws) (heat-resistant Remove the oil lter. (sheet glass) glass wares) Burnable Garbage Leather goods/Clothes (waterproof papers) Wrap blade and broken Remove glass in cloths, etc. (aluminum coated papers) human waste Remove fuels and batteries (Remove any remaining fuel Drain the kerosene. from the unit)

Aluminum foil (Jars) Non-burnable Garbage Rubber items Wooden items (dirty foil goes in Burnable Garbage) Certain household appliances may be disposed of through Hoses cut into * If wrapped, write the contents small home appliance recycling (free collection). ➡See page 12 1 m pieces on the outside. or rolled up Any item containing paint (Comforters, Blankets, Carpets, etc.) Hard Plastic products Others cannot be collected Cut into 1 m pieces (Paint should be absorbed into (Products themselves) or rolled up paper or cloth or hardened and go in Burnable Garbage) Power cord units of electric (Hose) blankets and electric carpets go in Non-burnable Garbage Plastic Packages with Kitchen garbage obstinate contamination Others Dispose of e-bikes not removed (Ice packs (soft type), drying agents, at the salvage yard (P. 14) Since tape gets disposable heat pads, etc.) caught in the garbage crusher, it goes (Cassette tapes) in Burnable Garbage. The cassette goes in Any item containing liquid Release the gas inside cannot be collected Non-burnable as illustrated. (Incandescent light bulbs / LED lights) Drain well Residue-eliminated ones Garbage. go in Plastic Packages Remember! Any garbage put in a bag Before disposal of Return mobile phones and smart Disposal of unbroken (Litter Pellets for pets) reworks/cigar-butts, other than designated bags soak them in water phones (main unit, Any garbage put in a bag other than Designated Bags or in a or in a corrugated container collection sites Remember! corrugated container is not collected regardless of an Oversized Garbage Sticker. battery, and charger) is not collected if it bears an to retailers. See page 11 Oversized Garbage Sticker. *Private burning is prohibited by law.

Burnable Garbage as of April 2019 Attention No collection fee required. You will have to follow correct procedures for disposing of Contact You should bring some items Collected on calendar days with the Burnable Garbage mark. Attention Attention items to be collected and processed by manufacturers. Ash 可燃 the Living Environment Management Section directly to the Nagano Recycle Put it in a durable, water-resistant bag and write 灰 (ash) on the bag. ( 026-224-7635) about Dondoyaki Ceremony ash. Center. Not all items are Refrigerator/ Laundry washing Air conditioners Televisions Freezers machines Hints Hint 1 Hints Hint 2 accepted at the Center. You may not drop-off It’s “kitchen garbage” that accounts for 40 % of Small papers, such as those from notepads, such items at collection Burnable Garbage. The most common cause of odor that often end up in Burnable Garbage should Personal site. See pages 13 and 14 Laundry dryer computers Motorbike and weight of kitchen garbage is water remaining it. be recycled along with other old paper. Set a See pages 15 and 16 The best way to handle kitchen garbage feeling at bin for recyclable papers nearby a bin for ease is “Avoid exposure to water” and “Drain well”! Burnable Garbage. Flow of Burnable garbage Flow of Non-burnable garbage Heat exhaust Power generation using steam turbine Burnable Crushed scraps Incinerator Garbage Incinerator Non- Slag glass, etc. Recycled or disposed of in a land ll burnable Crusher Separator Garbage *Slag Glass Ash from the incinerator is heated in a melting furnace at temperatures of 1,300 °C and higher. After it melts, it is cooled with water, forming glass. H-shaped steel-beam; Iron & Aluminum Iron mills Reinforcing steel, etc.

9 Disposal at Collection Sites Disposal at Collection Sites on the day indicated as on the day indicated as 不燃 (Non- Burnable Garbage 可燃 (Burnable Garbage) on the Calendar Twice a week collection Non-burnable Garbage burnable Garbage) on the Calendar Every 4 weeks collection Togakushi, Kinasa, Ooka, and Shinshu Shinmachi, Districts: Put them in a designated bag and drop off Collected once a week Put them in a designated bag and drop off at at collection site. For Former collection site. For Former For Burnable and Burnable Designated Bags For Burnable and Non-Burnable Designated Bags Non-burnable Garbage garbage for Burnable garbage Non-burnable Garbage garbage for Non-Burnable garbage Garbage Sticker before disposal. Oversized Garbage Garbage Sticker before dispose. Oversized Garbage (Items that t in the garbage truck. Stickers Prepaid Stickers (Items that t in the garbage truck. Stickers Prepaid Stickers Max dimensions of an item that you may place at Max dimensions of an item that you may place at your local garbage collection site are about your local garbage collection site are about 1 m x 50 cm x 50 cm) 1 m x 50 cm x 50 cm.)

10 Collection Not at Disposal Sites Collection Not at Disposal Sites

Disposal of used small home appliances at collection sites (from 2015) Delete your Sunday Recycle data! Recyclables are collected at Sunday Recycle, events held in the corners of supermarket and other parking lots. Please make use of such events when shopping. Accepted items Collection hours Electrical devices (including battery-powered ones) that meet the following conditions: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (common to all sites) Items that were used at home but are not needed anymore. Remove batteries ①(commercial items not accepted) Collection items Max dimensions: 1 m × 50 cm × 50 cm ② Items that can be carried by one person (approx. 20kg or less) ③ *Remove batteries Bottles, Cans, Plastic bottles Dry cell batteries Items that are not accepted: Be sure to rinse the inside Rechargeable batteries as well as before taking to the site. button cell batteries are not collected. Items included in the Home Appliance Recycling Law (air conditioners, televisions, refrigerators/freezers, washing machines/dryers) Devices with personal information or devices from which external storage devices have not been removed Paper Waste plant-based cooking oil Items from which batteries, uorescent lights, light bulbs, gas cylinders, kerosene, and toner cartridges have not been removed. Pour the oil into a container for the collection “Magazines and other old placed in the site. Please bring Items that are mostly cloth or wood (kotatsu tables, electric blankets, wooden speakers, etc.) paper”, and “Cardboards” your empty bottle back. Items that have been disassembled, fragments of parts and tie a string crosswise and (Some sites do not provide Items containing uorocarbon or oil (dehumidiers, oil heaters, etc.) lengthwise around each item collection service for cooking oil.) Note ・You are responsible for deleting personal information from mobile phones, computers, and other devices that may and drop-off them at collection contain personal information. site. ・Be sure to remove memory cards and other external storage devices. Yard waste, etc. ・Do not place items in plastic bags or cardboard boxes. (Oversized Garbage Stickers are not required.) Fluorescent tubes See page 8 for how to dispose. ・Items may be refused if the amount appears to be more than an amount from home (e.g. 5 of the same items or less) Protecting them from being broken, such as (Some sites do not provide collection service.) putting each in a box of purchase, bring Collection sites them carefully. See the list below for participating retailers. (About 10 lights) Small home appliances Retailers collecting small home appliances (Some sites do not provide collection service.) ① Electronic stores within the city that collect small home appliances are marked by this sticker. Bring them to retailers during store hours and give them to store personnel. See the list below Sunday Recycle / Disposal of Fluorescent Lights at Collection Sites for participating retailers. Collection sites and schedule Remove the oil ﬁlter. See the Sunday Recycle schedule released every March or the City website. E.g. Telephones, mobile phones, radios, cameras, video cameras, DVD recorders, VHS recorders, CD/MD players, digital audio players, computers,

Attention monitors, printers, calculators, rice cookers, hair dryers, lighting apparatuses Disposal of Fluorescent Lights and Small Home Appliances at Collection Sites (except fluorescent lights and light bulbs), electric watches, game consoles, Drain the kerosene. Any item must not be placed other than during the Collection Hours. microwaves, electric kettles, hot plates, fans, vacuums, irons, electric Remove fuel and batteries Any item from business rms will not be collected. stoves, fan heaters (completely remove fuel from the inside) Collection sites and items are subject to change. Collection at Sunday Recycle See the page to the left for details. ② Disposal of uorescent lights at collection sites (besides Sunday Recycle) List of retailers available for uorescent-lamp collection (Retailers in yellow cells with circled numbers collect small home appliances) (area code: 026) Fluorescent lights are collected at designated sites and recycled. (as of April 2019) Items that do not Code Store name Telephone District Code Store name Telephone District Code Store name Telephone District Attention Dai-san Accepted items Yamatoya Shoten Kinasa Hokushin Denki Shokai (Higashi-tsuruga) go in this category 1 256-2034 35 233-0241 69 Suzuki Denki 285-2426 Kohoku (Tamaki) 2 Wada Denka Service 254-2088 Togakushi (Toyooka) 36 Shoei Denki 234-2711 Dai-san (Yanagimachi) 70 Amaya Denki 284-2840 Kohoku (Tanbajima) Incandescent light bulbs Ota Denka Center Amori (Koichi) Shimoda Denki Miwa 4 Kawanakajima 3 226-8727 38 232-6547 Nakazawa Denki 284-5771 Straight Circline Fluorescent LED lights 72 (Kamihigano)  Go in 8 Denka no Sankyo Amori (Sashide) 39 Panamate Kitano Miwa 8 Kawanakajima 228-2787 235-1211 73 Aoki Radio Shop 284-4182 uorescent tubes uorescent tubes bulbs Glow lamps (Kamihigano)  Non-burnable 9 Futaba Denki Shokai 226-5487 Amori (Sashide) 40 Yanagisawa Denki 233-0533 Miwa 8 Broken uorescent lights 74 Denki no Nagata 291-1955 Kawanakajima (Hara) 10 Kitazawa Denki Dai-go (Nakagosho) 41 San-ai Shokai Dai-ni (Uematsu) Kawanakajima Garbage 227-8464 241-2802 75 Suzuki Denka Service 284-1312 Light xtures (Kamihigano)  11 Tanaka Denki 227-2223 Serita (Kurita) 42 Denkyo 244-4314 Dai-ni (Uematsu) Commercial lighting 77 Kasuga Denki 278-3733 Matsushiro (Toyosaka) 13 Panalife Serita Shop 228-6149 Serita (Kurita) 44 Obinata Denki Shokai 241-2292 Miwa 9 78 Nakamura Dengyosha 278-2684 Matsushiro (Matsushiro) 15 Yumoto Denki Serita (Hizume) 46 Wada Denka Center Komaki (Hirabayashi) Fluorescent lights may not be thrown away at disposal sites. 221-4465 243-3389 Maruyama Denki 292-2349 Shinonoi (Okada) Denka no Wako 80 17 Sakai Kaden 226-7622 Serita (Minamimata) 47 Nakano Kaden 243-5449 Komaki (Higashiwada) 81 Hinode Denki 292-1683 Shinonoi (Takada) Attention Throw away broken uorescent lights at disposal sites on Non-burnable Garbage days 18 Toei Denki 227-1088 Serita (Nanase) 48 Daiya Denki 244-5950 Komaki (Higashiwada) 82 Miyazawa Denki 293-2605 Shinonoi (Kassenjo) Hattori Denki Shokai 20 227-3409 Serita (Wakasato) 49 Denkido 244-3662 Asahi (Kitaowaribe) Wakasato Shop 83 Okitsu Denki Service 293-3733 Shinonoi (Onbegawa) Collection sites Hattori Denki Shokai 50 Life Helper Ishibashi 243-7455 Yoshida 5 Bunka Denki Shinonoi (Takada) 21 Nakagoe Shop 247-8217 Wakaho (Watauchi) 85 292-0542 52 First Denki 259-9374 Wakatsuki-danchi Retailers collecting fluorescent lights 86 Okawa Shokai 257-2153 Toyono (Toyono)  23 Okumura Sangyo 226-7184 Dai-go (Minami-ishido) Wakatsuki Denki Wakatsuki-danchi 53 241-3560 87 Okawaya 257-2189 Toyono (Toyono) Retailers collecting uorescent lights are marked by this sticker. 24 Ueno Kaden 243-1147 Asahi (Kitanagaike) 54 Mito Denka Center 241-0198 Wakatsuki (Tokuma) 88 Matsuzawa Denki 257-2802 Toyono (Kanisawa) (See the list to the right for participating retailers) 26 Suzuki Dengyo 234-3628 Dai-yon (Agatamachi) 55 Step-In Chimura 241-6185 Wakatsuki (Tokuma) 89 Matsuki Denki 274-5412 Kohoku (Kita-Higano) Nomata Denki Yanagihara Kubota Denki Service Asahi (Kitabori) Shinshu Shinmachi Bring them to retailers during store hours and pass them to store personnel. 29 243-3297 58 296-3111 90 Shimizu Denki 262-2314 Dai-yon (Kamijo) City Hall branch offices (27 locations), liaison offices (Nobusato and Shigarami), Living Environment 30 Ibori Denki Shokai 232-0377 (Minamiagata-machi) 59 Kubota Denki Yoshida Shop 243-3855 Yoshida 4 Shinshu Shinmachi  91 Sankyo Denshi Shinmachi Shop 262-3332 (Shinmachi) 31 Aoki Radio 232-4623 Dai-go (Higashimachi) 60 Takatou Shokai 296-9402 Naganuma (Omachi) Shinshu Shinmachi Management Section (3rd floor of City Hall Building No. 2) 92 Shin'etsu Denki 262-2167 (Shinmachi) 32 Nagano Denka Service 232-3482 Dai-ni (Miwa 7) 61 El Compass Taiyo 295-5880 Yanagihara Bring them in between 8:30 and 17:15 on weekdays and pass them to any personnel. 93 Kohoku Denkado 285-0606 Kohoku (Otsuka) 33 Joto Denki 234-1484 Dai-ni (Uematsu) 62 Hanaoka Denki 244-6887 Yanagihara (Murayama) Attention In order to avoid breaking them, bring them in the box or bag they came in, if possible. 34 Kodensha 241-0001 Asakawa (Kagurabashi) 64 MJD Komamura 282-3530 Wakaho (Watauchi) (Number = registration number)

11 Collection Not at Disposal Sites Collection Not at Disposal Sites

12 Collection Not at Disposal Sites Direct Drop-off Drop-off location (Non-Burnable Nagano City Recycle Center Greater Nagano Region Union uAll garbage except Garbage, Plastic (Formerly the Nagano City Refuse Center) Packages, Paper, 2-27-1 Matsuoka, Nagano burnable garbage 2-42-1 Matsuoka, Nagano Cans, Bottles, Plastic 026-221-5316 026-222-5301 Bottles, Yard Waste) ASee the guide map on the page to the right. As for bulky items that may not be placed at disposal sites (such as large furniture), including temporary large amounts of garbage generated by moving or a big clean-up, you may take them directly to the Nagano City Recycle Center, or request any authorized private waste hauler or the Center to pick them up. *See the City website or phonebook for authorized private waste haulers. Reception hours

Weekdays…8:30 to 11:30 and 13:00 to 16:30 Saturday…8:30 to 11:30 (Closed afternoons) lClosed on Sundays and holidays (May be closed for inspection and closed around New Year’s Day, etc.)

Fees (Garbage Disposal) (updated April 1, 2019) Classifications Garbage disposal fee *Yard waste must be brought in directly. Refer to page 8 for the length and width of branches that can be brought in. Burnable Garbage ¥160/10 kg Items that do not meet the guidelines may not be Non-burnable Garbage ¥170/10 kg accepted. Recyclables Plastic Packages, Papers, *Yard waste brought in by certain haulers may not be Cans, Bottles, plastic ¥30 per 10 kg accepted. bottles Yard waste* Free lDo not use designated bags or Oversized Instructions for drop-off Garbage stickers. lSince the contents cannot be seen, do not Separate waste as you would if you were throwing it away at use non-clear bags or cardboard boxes. the disposal site. Put it in a clear bag or tie it up with rope. Large items that do not fit in a bag can be brought in as is. City collection fee (as of April 1, 2019) If you cannot take waste to the Center Classifications fee Contact an authorized hauler Up to a full 2 ton truck ¥25,800 Up to half a 2 ton truck ¥16,300 Request that the city do it. Appointment based Up to a quarter of a 2 ton truck ¥11,600 Contact the Nagano City Recycle Center. *Bring waste to an easy to load location. 026-221-5316 *Includes both collection and disposal fee Items that may be brought directly to the Center (examples) Direct Drop-off Direct Items that can be thrown away at disposal sites The following items cannot be thrown away at disposal sites (examples)

Burnable Garbage Tatami mats (up to 16 mats/day), large furniture, etc.

Tire wheels (metal/aluminum), tire chains (metal), jack (non-hydraulic), roof rack (up to 1.8 m), wheelbarrows (home use), brush cutters (electric, up to 1.8 m), chain saws, ladders (iron/aluminum; up to 3 m), pickaxes, hammers (large), water heaters (up Non-burnable to 1.8 m), dish washers (large), bathtubs, toilets (ceramic), tatami-mats, iron pipes, iron beams, Garbage iron plates, iron poles (up to 1.8 m), iron alleys, dumbbells, fences (up to 1.8 m), drum cans (200 liters, empty.), pedal sewing machines, organs, electric pianos (over-size items should be brought to the salvage yard), ping-pong table, bowling pins, etc.

Pet Cremation lIndividual cremation ended in March 2019. Contact a private pet crematorium. lGeneral incineration (as Burnable Garbage) is handled by the Nagano Environmental Energy Center. Disposal fee: ¥160/10 kg Other If you find dead animals, such as dogs and cats on the road, please contact the Nagano City Recycle Center ( 026-221-5316) Contact

Nagano City Recycle Center (Formerly the Nagano City Refuse Center) Greater Nagano Region Union Nagano Environmental Energy Center *As of March 2019, management of Burnable Garbage was ２ 026-221-5316 transferred from Nagano City to the Greater Nagano Region Union (Inquiries about the facility 026-22 -5301)

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Disposal Not Handled by the City The following items go to the salvage yard (for a fee) Make an appointment on the phone before bringing the items yourself. Accepted Items How to make an appointment (appointment required) Roof tiles, bricks, drying frames, Contact Nagano City Recycle Center concrete blocks, water heating appliances, 026-221-5316 coiled spring sofa/mattresses*1, electric home-care Reception hours Weekdays 8:30 to 17:15 (except public holidays) beds, electric wheelchairs, electric healthcare devices, Number of spots 30 people/day (first-come, first-serve) electric bicycles, oil heaters, Instructions for drop-off (self) pickling stones (plastic-coated), tires (and wheels), Location: Salvage yard (Refer to the map below.) hydraulic jacks, pumps, bowling balls, etc. 2-23-24 Matsuoka, Nagano Hours: Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 8:30 to 11:30 Cannot be thrown away at disposal sites Fee: Pay on site *1 Aside from the salvage yard, coiled spring sofa/mattresses, are also accepted by authorized waste haulers (for a fee). Authorized Haulers Naotomi Shoji Co., Ltd. 026−222−1887 Nagano City Recycle Center Takara Shigen Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. 0120−030−320 Equal Zero Co., Ltd. 026−221−8080 Nagano Environmental Energy Center Request that one of the above companies Recycle Plaza Salvage Yard collect and dispose of the item(s). Contact one of the above companies and Guide Map bring the item(s) there yourself. 至市街地Salvage Yard To Toyono To Toyono Family Narrow road, Items not handled by the City Mart do not take

The City does not collect or accept drop-off for R18 M-Wave To Entrance and exit are for both centers. East Interchange To Nagano Sta. the following items the Suzak Nagano Environmental Energy Center Items Nagano City Recycle Center ( = directional sign)

Leaves & Branches a-Nagano Minami Entrance/Exit Salvage Yard Mata Gorin Stones, sand, soil, calcium chloride, gasoline, Sunmarine Ohashi Higashidori Street Nagano diesel fuel, kerosene, oil, extinguishers, paint, To Brg. paint thinner, vehicles, motorbikes, scooters, Kenchodori Street Entrance/ * The yard waste drop-o entrance is Embankment Exit on the east side of generators, batteries, engines, snow plows, Road the Nagano City Recycle Center.

Kamisenda Not Handled byDisposal the City farm machines, LP gas cylinders, agrichemicals, Nisseki Family Mart gunpowder, poisons, pianos, liquids, Motai Overpass commercial waste (including agricultural waste), Ochiai Brg. bulky items, etc. Cannot be thrown away at disposal sites Saigawa Gorin Ohashi Brg. Nagano Ohashi Brg. River N Recycle Plaza Nagano City Recycle Center Next to Please bring the item(s) back to the store where Sunmarine Nagano you bought each item or request that proper Sun Marine Nagano Nagano Environmental Energy Center people in charge of waste disposal take care of them (for a fee) To Ueda To Hakuba Recycling Fire Extinguishers Bring to a designated collection site (for a fee). Designated collection sites: Naotomi Shoji Co., Ltd 3397-6 Mamejima 026-222-1880 (main line) 026-222-1882(direct line) Bring directly to the appropriate counter or request that the item be taken care of (for a fee) Appropriate counter: Check the website at the URL below or contact the City ( 026-224-7635) Request collection via Yu-Pack (for a fee) Call center: 0120-822-306 Recycling As of 2010, all domestic fire extinguishers have a recycling sticker. sticker In the event that there is no recycling sticker, a sticker fee is required. Inquiries Fire Extinguisher Recycling Promotion Center 03-5829-6773 (URL) http://www.ferpc.jp

14 CollectionProcessin by Manufacturers CollectionProcessin by Manufacturers lectric ppliance Recyclin Recyclin of PCs Thank you for your cooperation in “PC Recycling” program to encourage collection and recycle of personal Items that go in this category computers that are no longer used. eleisions For free computer recycling through Small Home Appliance Recycling, see “Disposal of used small home ir conditioners Refrierator aundry ashin aundry dryer appliances at collection sites” (page 12). (CRliuid crystalplasa s) reezers achines Items that go in this category

Destop personal Noteboo ttention tes that do not coputers personal o in this cateory coputers Disposal at collection site is not accepted (ainbody) Peripherals including printers and scanners Instructions for recycling CR onitorsll- iuid crystal onitors Word-processors-dedicated device in-one coputers e sure to ll-in-one coputers You can dispose of used appliances by either of the following options. purge all data Option 1 : Request the retailer who before sold the appliance to take-back it or request the retailer who will sell before disposal the replacement appliance to take-back the used one. o in Non-burnable arbage (disposal at collection site) Option 2 : After paying the Recycling fee at the post of ce (give the brand and size), take the item directly to any designated drop-off recycling locations by yourself. Mouses, keyboards, speakers, cables, and other Option 3 : After paying the recycling fee at the post of ce, request pickup by an authorized hauler. *Standard accessories contained in a package at purchase (including mouse, keyboard, speakers, cables) can be collected together. individual items can be put into Non-burnable Garbage. *After paying the recycling fee at the post of ce (except for Kan’i Post Of ce), take the recycle ticket you receive and the Disposal at collection site is not accepted appliance to the party accepting it.

*For options 1 and 3, you will need to pay a collection fee in addition to the recycling fee. Check with the relevant party. Instructions for recycling Contact the relevant manufacturer directly to recycle the item properly in the designated manners.

(includes consumption tax) Application : Make an application for the collection directly to the manufacturer Recycling fee (phone-call or access to websites). charged. If no manufacturer collects the item, make an application for collection to “PC3R Promotion Association”. Accepted Items Recycling Fee (tax incl.) Payment : Pay a recycling fee in the manner designated by the manufacturer. Air conditioners (Personal computer bearing a recycle mark shown below right, manufactured after October, 2003, * Air conditioner recycling fee is not required for payment) Nojima Co., Ltd.; Fifty Co., Ltd.; Yamazen Co., Ltd.; and Iris Ohyama Inc..…¥2,041 ¥972–¥9,720 Packaging : Yanmar Co., Ltd…………………………………...... ¥9,720 Postal transport : (all makers besides those above) ………………………………………….…...…¥972 to-door collection service. Differentiation by Large (16 in or larger) ¥2,376–¥3,634 (Recycling fee includes the postage fee. The fee does not vary regardless of whether it is brought-in Televisions or picked-up, and regardless of district) size Small (15 in or smaller) ¥1,296–¥3,094 (framed CRT) No differentiation by size ¥2,376–¥2,916 Recycling fee or a C bearing this ar, Differentiation by Large (16 in or larger) ¥2,916–¥3,688 Televisions For a recycling fee, please contact the manufacturer. recycling fee is not reuired size Small (15 in or smaller) ¥1,836–¥3,148 for payent. (LCD, plasma) No differentiation by size ¥2,916–¥3,291 Contact/ervice window Differentiation by Large (171 L or more) ¥4,644–¥6,037 Contact the relevant manufacturer Refrigerators/ size Small (170 L or less) ¥3,672–¥5,497 Freezers CollectionProcessing by anufacturers

No differentiation by size ¥4,644–¥4,968 PC3R Promotion Association URL: http://www.pc3r.jp 03-5282-7685 CollectionProcessing by anufacturers Washers/Dryers ¥2,484–¥3,202 Disposal at collection site is not accepted (as of March 1) Recyclin of Motorcycles Designated drop-off recycling locations Items that go in this category Place your garbage at your convenient collection site. Contact the relevant manufacturer’s location for their working hours. Motorbikes that were manufactured or imported and domestically sold by business operators participating in motorbike  ukasaa Sangyo Cotd to Matsushiro okai Seino ransportation Co td Contact recycling (including motorized bicycles). However, motorbikes from which parts have been removed, sidecars, and other pieces are not accepted. For manufacturer names and E 06-- E 06-1-6 recycling fees, etc. to Nagano Instructions for recycling Electric ppliance Recycling Nagano Gorin Ohashi Brg. Saigawa River OhashiBrg. Coupon Center (RC) Option 1 Bring the bike and necessary paperwork to a designated collection site. Shinonoi Chikumagawa Rv. bashi Br. URL: http://www.rkc.aeha.or.jp Designated collection site: Fukasawa Sangyo Co., Ltd. 2060 Amenomiya, Chikuma Embankment road Tsunashima Kawai-nishi 0120-319-640 Option 2 Bring the bike and necessary paperwork to a bike recycler or request for it to be collected MK Seiko o Nagano Ichiba For details on designated (collection/transport fee required) Fukasawa Tokai Seino (the ocal drop-off recycling locations Motorbike wreckers: Contact one of the following. Wholesale Maret and Licensed Hauler, contact Sangyo Transportation Nagano) Shinonoibashi Minami the iving Environment For inquiries about motorbike recyclers and necessary paperwork Otsuka Yotsubashi To Sekizaki Brg. anagement Section at Joshinetsu Expressway White Ring Mashima-kita 026-224-7635 Motorcycle Recycling Call Center 050-3000-0727 930 to 1700 (cept Sat, Sun, holidays, and around New Year’s Day) 18 Koshoku JCT Mura-nishi  Entrance 026-224-5035 Otsuka-minami White Japan Automobile Recycling Promotion Center URL(http://www.jarc.or.jp/motorcycle/) Ring Inforation about participating recyclers, necessary paperwor, designated collection sites 2060 Amenomiya, Chikuma city Designated dropoff locations 2401 otorbie wrecers, fees, accepted ites, and ore Muranishi, awai, Mashiaachi, Nagano

15 CollectionProcessin by Manufacturers CollectionProcessin by Manufacturers lectric ppliance Recyclin Recyclin of PCs Thank you for your cooperation in “PC Recycling” program to encourage collection and recycle of personal Items that go in this category computers that are no longer used. eleisions For free computer recycling through Small Home Appliance Recycling, see “Disposal of used small home ir conditioners Refrierator aundry ashin aundry dryer appliances at collection sites” (page 12). (CRliuid crystalplasa s) reezers achines Items that go in this category

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Reducing food loss Note 1 ★ ★ The items included here are subect to household waste. Indications Reference Indications Reference pages pages Non-burnable and Burn Burnable Garbage 9 Non-B Garbage 10 Note Pla Plastic Packages 3 Yard Yard garbage 8 challenge!! imit in size Recyclables ・ Acceptable size of items to be placed at collection Can Cans 6 PET Plastic bottles 6 (paper, plastics) site 17.9% waste challenge …p to about 1 m x cm x cm Paper Papers 5 Bottle Bottles 7 Food waste ・ Dimensions of items that can be brought in Dry cell Dry cell batteries 7 Ash Ash 9 39.0% …aries depending on the item. Contact the Household Burnable Garbage is approximately 40% food Nagano City Recycle Center ( -1-31) Non-burnable ☎ Drop-oﬀ at a waste 13 Receiving at Salvage Yard 14 garbage Other waste, and approximately one-fourth of that is food loss management facility Home SHA Applicable items from small home appliances are collected at Sunday from throwing away edible items. …Recycle and by participating retailers. See page 12 for details. 1.0% Burnable garbage As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu food loss ○…Acceptable Waste Management Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable Do you ever nd yourself thinking, “What a waste” ? Disposal site ➡ ( Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ) ( ) ➡ 42.1% ×…Not acceptable should be taken to Sunday Recycle events Facilities Nagano Environmental Energy Center ×…Not acceptable 10% If each person makes an eort, we can reduce food loss. Items Disposal Waste Remarks Items Disposal Waste Remarks Nagano City ousehold Burnable arbage Survey The key to reducing garbage is reducing food waste, and site Facility site Facility ( 20162018 average) food loss in particular. A Aerosol cans Can ○ ○ Use up completely and Beach parasols Non-B ○ ○ (for hair, insecticide, punch a hole. Bedding dryers SHA Non-B ○ ○ and Paint) Ways you can reduce food loss and waste at home Beds — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Agrichemicals — × × Take them to JA or (electric home-care contact any waste disposal bed) contractor. Take a look! Beds (metal) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Air bed Burn Let the air out. ○ ○ Beds (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size Air conditioners — ( ) Acceptable with a Recycle 1. Do not buy too many ingredients Check what you have in your fridge and pantry before you go and bring a shopping list. × ○ Beer bottles Bottle ○ ○ Return to the place of Ticket purchased (fee- purchase preferably. based) (See page 15) 2. Use up ingredients Cook them before their expiration/best buy dates. Bicycles Non-B Excluding electric bicycles SHA Non-B Limited in size ○ ○ ○ ○ Bicycles tires Non-B Only rubber goes in Burnable 3. Make what you can eat Split and store extra in the refrigerator. Aerobics (with motor) — ○ ○ × × Items that do not meet drop-oﬀ Binders Non-B guidelines go to the salvage yard ○ ○ Binoculars Non-B ○ ○ 4. Drain well Squeeze out water from the sink corner garbage net. Aerobics Non-B × ○ Limited in size  (without motor) Bird cages (metal) Non-B ○ ○ 5. Dispose of food waste at home Use a garbage disposal unit or compost food waste in a cardboard box. Albums Burn ○ ○ Other materials including Blankets Burn ○ ○ Fold and tie a string around metal go in Non-burnable them. 6. Participate in food drives Donate food items you will not use Garbage. Boilers Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove Alcoholic-sake cartons Burn ○ ○ Those having no aluminum- batteries. (having aluminum- Book shelves Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size * Food Drives evaporated inner “Paper”. (non-wooden) he City holds food drives periodically and gives donated ites to people, groups, and facilities surface) Book shelves Burn ○ ○ Limited in size Aluminum coated Pla ○ ○ Items bearing “Pla” mark (wooden) that have need of the. here are also Ns that accept donations directly. Contact the iving plastic bags Boot bags Burn ○ ○ (candy wraps/plastic) ood Drive Boots Burn ○ ○ nvironent Manageent Section for details. Aluminum foils Non-B Contaminated ones go in ○ ○ Bottle caps (plastic) Pla ○ ○ Metal ones go in Non- Burnable Garbage. burnable Garbage. Aluminum wheels Non-B × ○ Bottles Non-B ○ ○ Use up the contents Please take measures and participate in the City's activities to reduce food waste. (vehicle) (thinner, Paint, completely before disposal. SHA Non-B ○ ○ medicine) Subsidy for Household Garbage Disposal Antennas Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Bottles Bottle ○ ○ Rinse the inside lightly; Subsidies are available for purchasing home-use garbage disposal units. Non-B ○ ○ (nutrition drink, sake, Return returnable bottles Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size preserving bottle, etc.) to the place of purchase Ash Ash Put in a durable bag and preferably. Reduction of Food Loss and Waste fter you have installed the unit, register with your nearby branch office or the iving nvironent ○ ○ (only for household write “ash” on it Bowling balls — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Manageent Section to receive the subsidy. (as of pril 2019) garbage) Bowls (for kitchen) Non-B ○ ○ Bricks — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Briquette kotatsu Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size pplicable disposal units Subsidy B Baby baths Non-B ○ ○ (heater) Baby chairs Non-B ○ ○ Briquettes Burn ○ ○ lectric (or anual) itchen sin garbage disposal alf of the purchase price (up to ￥30,000), 1household Baby strollers Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Brooms (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Non-wooden items go in Bags Burn ○ ○ Non-burnable garbage. Ballpoint pens Non-B ○ ○ Brush Cutter — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (Blades (engine-driven) erentation container Coposter p to ￥3,000, up to 2household Balls Burn ○ ○ alone removed from a body go (except bowling balls) in Non-burnable Garbage.) Buckets Non-B Bamboo blinds Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ Bulbs Non-B Barbells Non-B × ○ ○ ○ Dispatch of Food Waste Reduction Advisers Bumpers — to any waste disposal contractor Basket balls Burn ○ ○ × × Bur cucumber Burn ○ ○ Invasive alien species. Leaves We can send advisers to give lectures in counities. ectures will be organied according to your needs for Bath boilers Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable for drop-off at and branches not accepted eaple, they offer advice on food waste coposting in a cardboard bo and environentally friendly cooing. Center, larger one will be Business cards Paper ○ ○ as “Other old papers” accepted at Stock Yard. Button batteries — × × into a collection box at retailers. We provide base aterials for food waste coposting. Remove batteries. Lithium ion button cell batteries Bath mats Burn ○ ○ go in Non-burnable Garbage (for washroom) Buzz saw (rotating blade) Non-B ○ ○ Class on how to compost food waste at home (cardboard box method) Bath pumps SHA Non-B ○ ○ Cables Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m C lengths or bundle them. Bathtub — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard class for firsttiers. articipants will be given a cardboard bo and copost. (metal and insulation) Cake boxes (paper) Paper ○ ○ as “Other old papers” Bathtub (plastic) Non-B × ○ Limited in size Cake boxes (steel) Can ○ ○ (Class dates are listed in oho Nagano and on the City website.) Bathtub (metal only) Non-B Limited in size Cameras SHA Non-B ○ ○ × ○ Garbage Bats (metal) Non-B ○ ○ Candles Burn ○ ○ Batteries — × × Take to a retail drop-off Canisters Non-B ○ ○ Collection of rst-stage composted matter site. Cans (18-liters) Non-B ○ ○ Use up the contents Battery chargers Non-B ○ ○ completely before disposal. irststage coposted atter (copost, etc.) fro garbage disposals or other units is collected by the iving (Small ones for home- Cans Can ○ ○ Paint cans go in Non- use) SHA (beverage, cake, tea, burnable Garbage. nvironent Manageent Section. etc.) Car stereos SHA Non-B ○ ○ * ll easures and activities are overseen by the iving nvironent Manageent Section, Carbon papers Burn ○ ○ so please contact the with inuiries ( 0262245035) Cardboards Paper ○ ○

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18 As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu ○…Acceptable Waste Management Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable ○…Acceptable As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu Waste Management Disposal site ➡ Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ➡ Disposal site ➡ Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable ×…Not acceptable ( Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ×…Not acceptable Not acceptable Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ➡ should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) ×… (should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ×…Not acceptable

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Career boxes Non-B × ○ Limited in size Dress shirts Burn ○ ○ Float ring Burn ○ ○ Let the air out. J Jacks (hydraulic) — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (for vehicles) Dressing tables Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Mirrors go in Floppy disks Non-B ○ ○ Together with cases Jacks (non-hydraulic) Non-B × ○ Limited in size Careers (for vehicles) Non-B Limited in size × ○ (wooden) Non-burnable Garbage. Flower pots Non-B ○ ○ Juicers (Food mixers) SHA Non-B ○ ○ Carpets Burn Limited in size Driers SHA Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Fluorescent lighting Non-B ○ ○ K Karaoke equipment Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Cashier plastic bags Pla ○ ○ Contaminated ones should be Drinking straws Burn ○ ○ apparatus SHA (household) SHA put into Burnable Garbage. Dry cell batteries Dry cell ○ ○ On [Bottle] collection days; Fluorescent tubes Non-B ○ ○ Kennels (metal/plastic) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Wooden Cassette decks SHA Non-B ○ ○ Electric-powered/electronic (broken) items go in Burnable Cassette gas cylinders Can ○ ○ Empty each one and punch items treated as small home Fluorescent tubes (Fluorescent × ○ Collection at Sunday Garbage. (for camp, climbing.) a hole. appliances. Lithium ion (unbroken) tubes) Recycle events and other Kerosene — × × to any waste disposal Cassette Stoves Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries and button cell batteries go in drop-off locations in the contractor. cylinders. Non-burnable Garbage. city. (See page 12) Kettles Non-B ○ ○ Dry-cleaning bags Burn ○ ○ Flyers (direct mails) Paper as “Other old papers” Cassette tapes Burn ○ ○ Causing the crusher to get ○ ○ Keyboards Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable clogged (Cases go in Non- Dryers (clothing) — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle Flyers Paper ○ ○ Tie them in a bundle with (instrument) SHA for drop-off at Center, larger burnable Garbage.) Ticket purchased (fee- (newspaper inserts) newspapers. one will be accepted at CD Compact Disc Non-B ○ ○ together with cases if any based) (See page 15) Food processors Non-B ○ ○ Stock Yard. Ceramic wares Non-B Dryers Non-B ○ ○ (Bedding dryer, etc.) (Juicer) SHA Kitchen garbage Burn ○ ○ Drain well. ○ ○ (other than clothing)SHA Chains (metal) Non-B × ○ Fountain pens Non-B ○ ○ Kitchen garbage Non-B ○ ○ The contents go in Burnable Drying agents Burn ○ ○ Chains (non metal) Non-B ○ ○ Frying oil Burn ○ ○ Oil should be hardened disposer (household) Garbage. Electronic items (for food) or absorbed into paper or SHA Chairs (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Non-wooden treated as items go in Non-burnable Drying frames — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard cloth. Liquid ones are not Kitchen knife Non-B (concrete) ○ ○ garbage; For Spring coiled items, accepted. (Collection is also Kitchen knives sharpeners Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or cloth. Dumbbells Non-B available at Sunday Recycle see the description of Sofas. × ○ Knives Non-B ○ ○ Earth and sand — to any waste disposal contractor events: See P.11) Chamber pots Non-B Human waste should be E × × kotatsu (heater) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove the legs. ○ ○ Earthenware pan Non-B Frying-pans Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ kotatsu (heater) top Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Other Gas cooker Non-B Remove batteries and cylinders. Charging batteries — × × Into a collection box at retailers. Egg packs Pla ○ ○ G ○ ○ board materials including metal go Chest of drawers Burn Limited in size Electric heating pads SHA Non-B ○ ○ Gas cylinders (LPG) — × × to the place of purchase or in Non-burnable Garbage. ○ ○ any dealer Chests Burn Limited in size Electric bicycles — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard L Ladders (aluminum) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size ○ ○ Gas heaters Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Child seats Non-B Electric blankets Burn ○ ○ Power cords go in Non-burn- Ladders (iron) Non-B × ○ Limited in size ○ ○ Gas lighters Non-B ○ ○ Use up completely. Chinaware Non-B able Garbage. For cords, see Ladders (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size ○ ○ “Electric cords”. Only Gas ovens Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove Cine-projector (slide) SHA Non-B ○ ○ batteries. Lamps Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries and fuel. mechanical part treated as SHA Electric/ battery-powered Clay (oily/paper) Burn Gas ranges Non-B Remove batteries and cylinders. ○ ○ Electric carpets Burn ○ ○ Power cords go in Non-burn- ○ ○ items treated as SHA Clear les Burn ○ ○ able Garbage. For cords, see Gas stoves Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Clinical thermometer Non-B Laundry washing — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle ○ ○ Contact the Living Environment “Electric cords”. Only Glass boards Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or machines Ticket purchased (fee- Management Section (224-7635) mechanical part treated as SHA cloth. based) (See page 15) about items containing mercury Electric cords/cables Non-B Cut them into about 1 m Glass tables Non-B Wrap glass in cloths, etc. ○ ○ ○ ○ Laundry dryer — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle Clocks SHA Non-B ○ ○ Electric/ battery-powered lengths or bundle them. Glasses Non-B ○ ○ Ticket purchased (fee- items treated as SHA Electric fans SHA Non-B ○ ○ Gloves Burn ○ ○ based) (See page 15) Clothes Burn ○ ○ Put them in Designated bags, Electric grills SHA Non-B ○ ○ Gloves (for sports) Burn ○ ○ Laundry poles (metal) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Wooden or fold and bundle them up Electric guitars Non-B ○ ○ Go board Burn ○ ○ items go in Burnable with rope, if the amount is Garbage. Electric health appliances — × ○ Items that do not meet Go stones Non-B ○ ○ large. Lawn mowers Non-B Cut the cord into about 1 m drop-off guidelines are Goggles Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Clothes containers Non-B ○ ○ acceptable at Stock Yard (Small electric ones lengths or bundle it. Clothes hanger Non-B Wooden items go in Golf bags Non-B ○ ○ for home-use) ○ ○ Electric home-care bed — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. Golf balls Burn ○ ○ Leather goods Burn Electric organs Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable ○ ○ Clothespin Non-B ○ ○ for drop-off at Center, larger Golf clubs Non-B ○ ○ Leaves of trimmed Yard ○ ○ Do not put them in a Coffee Maker SHA Non-B ○ ○ one will be accepted at Grass clippings Yard ○ ○ trees corrugated container. Combs (non-wooden) Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in Burnable Garbage Stock Yard. Grinding stones — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Legless chairs Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Wooden Fold and tie a string around them. Electric razors SHA Non-B ○ ○ Grow lights Non-B ○ ○ (non-wooden) items go in Burnable Comforters Burn ○ ○ Garbage. Composter Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Electric space heater SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Guitars (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Metal strings go in Non- burnable Garbage. Lens Non-B ○ ○ Concrete blocks — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Electric tool Non-B ○ ○ Smoothing planes, saws, (handy type) SHA drills, etc. Hair clippers Non-B ○ ○ Lighters Non-B ○ ○ Use up the contents Coolers (box) Non-B ○ ○ H completely before disposal. SHA Limited in size Electric tool — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Halogen heaters SHA Non-B ○ ○ Cooling fan Non-B ○ ○ . Those with ﬂuorocarbon Lighting apparatus SHA Non-B ○ ○ Except ﬂuorescent lights (CFC) go to waste management facilities (non-handy type) Hammers Non-B ○ ○ Electric wheelchairs — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard and light bulbs Cord reels Non-B ○ ○ Cord goes in separately Handbags Burn ○ ○ Litter pellets for pets Burn Remove litters. Electronic organs Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable ○ ○ Cords Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m Hanging clocks Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries. Electric/bat- Lockers (steel) Non-B Limited in size lengths or bundle them. Electronic pianos for drop-off at Center, larger tery-powered items treated as ○ ○ Paper as “Other old papers” one will be accepted at small home appliances Lunch boxes Non-B ○ ○ Cores of wrap lm rolls ○ ○ Stock Yard. Corrugated boards Non-B Limited in size Magnets Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Emblems Burn Harps Burn × ○ Metal strings go in Non- M (plastic/metal) ○ ○ burnable Garbage. Mahjong tiles Non-B ○ ○ Empty bottles of Non-B Use up the contents Cosmetic bottles Non-B ○ ○ Ensure it is empty. ○ ○ Headphones SHA Non-B ○ ○ Mandolines Burn ○ ○ Metal strings go in Non- agrichemicals completely and rinse out burnable Garbage Cotton Burn ○ ○ (kitchen garden) before disposal. Health appliances — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (motor-driven) Marbles Non-B Cotton swabs Burn ○ ○ Engine Brush Cutters — Acceptable at Stock Yard ○ ○ × × Massagers (chair type) — Items that do not meet Crayons Burn ○ ○ (any blades alone removed Health appliances Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size × × (non-motor-driven) drop-off guidelines are Cups Non-B ○ ○ Paper/wooden items go in from a body go in Non- acceptable at Stock Yard. (excluding paper/ Burnable Garbage. burnable Garbage) Heat sensitive papers Burn ○ ○ Massagers (handy) SHA Non-B wooden ones) Engine oils — × × to any waste disposal Heating cables for Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m ○ ○ freeze protection lengths. Curtain rails Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size contractor. Matches Burn ○ ○ Soak them in water before disposal Heating pads Burn Metal ones go in Non- Mattress (no coil spring) Burn Limited in size Curtains Burn ○ ○ Other materials including Extension cord Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m ○ ○ ○ ○ metal go in Non-burnable lengths or bundle them. (disposable) burnable Garbage. Mattress — × × For any mattress separated Cushioning materials Pla Particle items go in Burnable Extinguishers — Heat-resistant glass Non-B ○ ○ (with coil spring) into spring and cover, each ○ ○ × × Bring to designated collection part will be accepted for (styrofoam) Garbage. sites or counters or contact wares Helmets Non-B drop-off at the Center. Refer Cushions Burn ○ ○ Fire Extinguisher Recycling ○ ○ Promotion Center 03-5829-6773 Hoes Non-B to page 14 for how to throw Cutting board Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in ○ ○ away as is. (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. F Fallen leaves Yard ○ ○ Hoses Burn ○ ○ Cut them into about 50 cm lengths. MD/MO Non-B ○ ○ Together with cases Day bags Burn ○ ○ Fan heaters SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove Measures Non-B D kerosene and batteries. Hot-water bottles Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Dehumidi ers SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size. Those with uorocarbon Measuring tapes Non-B (CFC) go to waste management facilities Farm machines — × × to any dealer or waste SHA Non-B ○ ○ Drain water. ○ ○ Hard type goes in Non-burnable Microwave range SHA Non-B ○ ○ Dehumidifying agent Non-B Drain water. disposal contractor. I Ice packs (soft type) Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ Freezers — Acceptable with a Recycle Garbage Mikes SHA Non-B ○ ○ Deodorizer Burn × (○) ○ ○ Ticket purchased (fee- Injection needles — × (○) Request a doctor for take- Milk bottles Bottle ○ ○ Return to the place of Desk lamps SHA Non-B ○ ○ based) (See page 15) back; If denied, take them purchase preferably. Desks (non-wooden) Non-B Limited in size Garbage Garbage ○ ○ Fertilizer bags Pla ○ ○ Smelly ones go in Burnable to the Recyle Center Milk cans (for baby) Can ○ ○ Desks (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Other materials including garbage. Ink cartridge Non-B ○ ○ Return to the store of Milk cartons Paper ○ ○ Rinse, open, and dry them. metal go in Non-burnable Garbage. purchase when possible Films (negative) Burn ○ ○ Miniature bulbs Non-B ○ ○ Diapers Burn ○ ○ Human waste should be Fireworks Burn ○ ○ Soak them in water before Ink ribbons for Word- Burn ○ ○ Causing the crusher to get Mini-component Non-B processors clogged ○ ○ disposal. (music centre) SHA Insect cages Non-B Wooden items go in Diatomaceous earth Non-B ○ ○ Daily goods made with diatomaceous Fishhooks Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Miniature cars (toy) Non-B earth (bath mats, coasters, etc.) (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. ○ ○ Fishing poles Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Bamboo Mirrors Non-B ○ ○ Dish washers SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size (materials other than ones go in Burnable Insect glasses Non-B ○ ○ Mobile phones SHA Non-B ○ ○ Delete personal information. Disposable chopsticks Burn ○ ○ bamboo) Garbage. (magnifying glass) Iron dumbbells Non-B Return to the place of purchase Double wheeled carts Non-B × ○ Limited in size; Remove boards Fishing strings Burn ○ ○ × ○ Irons Non-B preferably. and put into Burnable Garbage. Flashlights SHA Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries. ○ ○ 19 As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu ○…Acceptable Waste Management Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable ○…Acceptable As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu Waste Management Disposal site ➡ Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ➡ Disposal site ➡ Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable ×…Not acceptable ( Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ×…Not acceptable Not acceptable Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ➡ should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) ×… (should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ×…Not acceptable

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Career boxes Non-B × ○ Limited in size Dress shirts Burn ○ ○ Float ring Burn ○ ○ Let the air out. J Jacks (hydraulic) — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (for vehicles) Dressing tables Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Mirrors go in Floppy disks Non-B ○ ○ Together with cases Jacks (non-hydraulic) Non-B × ○ Limited in size Careers (for vehicles) Non-B Limited in size × ○ (wooden) Non-burnable Garbage. Flower pots Non-B ○ ○ Juicers (Food mixers) SHA Non-B ○ ○ Carpets Burn Limited in size Driers SHA Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Fluorescent lighting Non-B ○ ○ K Karaoke equipment Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Cashier plastic bags Pla ○ ○ Contaminated ones should be Drinking straws Burn ○ ○ apparatus SHA (household) SHA put into Burnable Garbage. Dry cell batteries Dry cell ○ ○ On [Bottle] collection days; Fluorescent tubes Non-B ○ ○ Kennels (metal/plastic) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Wooden Cassette decks SHA Non-B ○ ○ Electric-powered/electronic (broken) items go in Burnable Cassette gas cylinders Can ○ ○ Empty each one and punch items treated as small home Fluorescent tubes (Fluorescent × ○ Collection at Sunday Garbage. (for camp, climbing.) a hole. appliances. Lithium ion (unbroken) tubes) Recycle events and other Kerosene — × × to any waste disposal Cassette Stoves Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries and button cell batteries go in drop-off locations in the contractor. cylinders. Non-burnable Garbage. city. (See page 12) Kettles Non-B ○ ○ Dry-cleaning bags Burn ○ ○ Flyers (direct mails) Paper as “Other old papers” Cassette tapes Burn ○ ○ Causing the crusher to get ○ ○ Keyboards Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable clogged (Cases go in Non- Dryers (clothing) — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle Flyers Paper ○ ○ Tie them in a bundle with (instrument) SHA for drop-off at Center, larger burnable Garbage.) Ticket purchased (fee- (newspaper inserts) newspapers. one will be accepted at CD Compact Disc Non-B ○ ○ together with cases if any based) (See page 15) Food processors Non-B ○ ○ Stock Yard. Ceramic wares Non-B Dryers Non-B ○ ○ (Bedding dryer, etc.) (Juicer) SHA Kitchen garbage Burn ○ ○ Drain well. ○ ○ (other than clothing)SHA Chains (metal) Non-B × ○ Fountain pens Non-B ○ ○ Kitchen garbage Non-B ○ ○ The contents go in Burnable Drying agents Burn ○ ○ Chains (non metal) Non-B ○ ○ Frying oil Burn ○ ○ Oil should be hardened disposer (household) Garbage. Electronic items (for food) or absorbed into paper or SHA Chairs (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Non-wooden treated as items go in Non-burnable Drying frames — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard cloth. Liquid ones are not Kitchen knife Non-B (concrete) ○ ○ garbage; For Spring coiled items, accepted. (Collection is also Kitchen knives sharpeners Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or cloth. Dumbbells Non-B available at Sunday Recycle see the description of Sofas. × ○ Knives Non-B ○ ○ Earth and sand — to any waste disposal contractor events: See P.11) Chamber pots Non-B Human waste should be E × × kotatsu (heater) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove the legs. ○ ○ Earthenware pan Non-B Frying-pans Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ kotatsu (heater) top Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Other Gas cooker Non-B Remove batteries and cylinders. Charging batteries — × × Into a collection box at retailers. Egg packs Pla ○ ○ G ○ ○ board materials including metal go Chest of drawers Burn Limited in size Electric heating pads SHA Non-B ○ ○ Gas cylinders (LPG) — × × to the place of purchase or in Non-burnable Garbage. ○ ○ any dealer Chests Burn Limited in size Electric bicycles — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard L Ladders (aluminum) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size ○ ○ Gas heaters Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Child seats Non-B Electric blankets Burn ○ ○ Power cords go in Non-burn- Ladders (iron) Non-B × ○ Limited in size ○ ○ Gas lighters Non-B ○ ○ Use up completely. Chinaware Non-B able Garbage. For cords, see Ladders (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size ○ ○ “Electric cords”. Only Gas ovens Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove Cine-projector (slide) SHA Non-B ○ ○ batteries. Lamps Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries and fuel. mechanical part treated as SHA Electric/ battery-powered Clay (oily/paper) Burn Gas ranges Non-B Remove batteries and cylinders. ○ ○ Electric carpets Burn ○ ○ Power cords go in Non-burn- ○ ○ items treated as SHA Clear les Burn ○ ○ able Garbage. For cords, see Gas stoves Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Clinical thermometer Non-B Laundry washing — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle ○ ○ Contact the Living Environment “Electric cords”. Only Glass boards Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or machines Ticket purchased (fee- Management Section (224-7635) mechanical part treated as SHA cloth. based) (See page 15) about items containing mercury Electric cords/cables Non-B Cut them into about 1 m Glass tables Non-B Wrap glass in cloths, etc. ○ ○ ○ ○ Laundry dryer — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle Clocks SHA Non-B ○ ○ Electric/ battery-powered lengths or bundle them. Glasses Non-B ○ ○ Ticket purchased (fee- items treated as SHA Electric fans SHA Non-B ○ ○ Gloves Burn ○ ○ based) (See page 15) Clothes Burn ○ ○ Put them in Designated bags, Electric grills SHA Non-B ○ ○ Gloves (for sports) Burn ○ ○ Laundry poles (metal) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Wooden or fold and bundle them up Electric guitars Non-B ○ ○ Go board Burn ○ ○ items go in Burnable with rope, if the amount is Garbage. Electric health appliances — × ○ Items that do not meet Go stones Non-B ○ ○ large. Lawn mowers Non-B Cut the cord into about 1 m drop-off guidelines are Goggles Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Clothes containers Non-B ○ ○ acceptable at Stock Yard (Small electric ones lengths or bundle it. Clothes hanger Non-B Wooden items go in Golf bags Non-B ○ ○ for home-use) ○ ○ Electric home-care bed — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. Golf balls Burn ○ ○ Leather goods Burn Electric organs Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable ○ ○ Clothespin Non-B ○ ○ for drop-off at Center, larger Golf clubs Non-B ○ ○ Leaves of trimmed Yard ○ ○ Do not put them in a Coffee Maker SHA Non-B ○ ○ one will be accepted at Grass clippings Yard ○ ○ trees corrugated container. Combs (non-wooden) Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in Burnable Garbage Stock Yard. Grinding stones — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Legless chairs Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Wooden Fold and tie a string around them. Electric razors SHA Non-B ○ ○ Grow lights Non-B ○ ○ (non-wooden) items go in Burnable Comforters Burn ○ ○ Garbage. Composter Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Electric space heater SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Guitars (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Metal strings go in Non- burnable Garbage. Lens Non-B ○ ○ Concrete blocks — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Electric tool Non-B ○ ○ Smoothing planes, saws, (handy type) SHA drills, etc. Hair clippers Non-B ○ ○ Lighters Non-B ○ ○ Use up the contents Coolers (box) Non-B ○ ○ H completely before disposal. SHA Limited in size Electric tool — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Halogen heaters SHA Non-B ○ ○ Cooling fan Non-B ○ ○ . Those with ﬂuorocarbon Lighting apparatus SHA Non-B ○ ○ Except ﬂuorescent lights (CFC) go to waste management facilities (non-handy type) Hammers Non-B ○ ○ Electric wheelchairs — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard and light bulbs Cord reels Non-B ○ ○ Cord goes in separately Handbags Burn ○ ○ Litter pellets for pets Burn Remove litters. Electronic organs Non-B ○ ○ With a limit in size acceptable ○ ○ Cords Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m Hanging clocks Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries. Electric/bat- Lockers (steel) Non-B Limited in size lengths or bundle them. Electronic pianos for drop-off at Center, larger tery-powered items treated as ○ ○ Paper as “Other old papers” one will be accepted at small home appliances Lunch boxes Non-B ○ ○ Cores of wrap lm rolls ○ ○ Stock Yard. Corrugated boards Non-B Limited in size Magnets Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Emblems Burn Harps Burn × ○ Metal strings go in Non- M (plastic/metal) ○ ○ burnable Garbage. Mahjong tiles Non-B ○ ○ Empty bottles of Non-B Use up the contents Cosmetic bottles Non-B ○ ○ Ensure it is empty. ○ ○ Headphones SHA Non-B ○ ○ Mandolines Burn ○ ○ Metal strings go in Non- agrichemicals completely and rinse out burnable Garbage Cotton Burn ○ ○ (kitchen garden) before disposal. Health appliances — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard (motor-driven) Marbles Non-B Cotton swabs Burn ○ ○ Engine Brush Cutters — Acceptable at Stock Yard ○ ○ × × Massagers (chair type) — Items that do not meet Crayons Burn ○ ○ (any blades alone removed Health appliances Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size × × (non-motor-driven) drop-off guidelines are Cups Non-B ○ ○ Paper/wooden items go in from a body go in Non- acceptable at Stock Yard. (excluding paper/ Burnable Garbage. burnable Garbage) Heat sensitive papers Burn ○ ○ Massagers (handy) SHA Non-B wooden ones) Engine oils — × × to any waste disposal Heating cables for Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m ○ ○ freeze protection lengths. Curtain rails Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size contractor. Matches Burn ○ ○ Soak them in water before disposal Heating pads Burn Metal ones go in Non- Mattress (no coil spring) Burn Limited in size Curtains Burn ○ ○ Other materials including Extension cord Non-B ○ ○ Cut them into about 1 m ○ ○ ○ ○ metal go in Non-burnable lengths or bundle them. (disposable) burnable Garbage. Mattress — × × For any mattress separated Cushioning materials Pla Particle items go in Burnable Extinguishers — Heat-resistant glass Non-B ○ ○ (with coil spring) into spring and cover, each ○ ○ × × Bring to designated collection part will be accepted for (styrofoam) Garbage. sites or counters or contact wares Helmets Non-B drop-off at the Center. Refer Cushions Burn ○ ○ Fire Extinguisher Recycling ○ ○ Promotion Center 03-5829-6773 Hoes Non-B to page 14 for how to throw Cutting board Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in ○ ○ away as is. (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. F Fallen leaves Yard ○ ○ Hoses Burn ○ ○ Cut them into about 50 cm lengths. MD/MO Non-B ○ ○ Together with cases Day bags Burn ○ ○ Fan heaters SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove Measures Non-B D kerosene and batteries. Hot-water bottles Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Dehumidi ers SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size. Those with uorocarbon Measuring tapes Non-B (CFC) go to waste management facilities Farm machines — × × to any dealer or waste SHA Non-B ○ ○ Drain water. ○ ○ Hard type goes in Non-burnable Microwave range SHA Non-B ○ ○ Dehumidifying agent Non-B Drain water. disposal contractor. I Ice packs (soft type) Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ Freezers — Acceptable with a Recycle Garbage Mikes SHA Non-B ○ ○ Deodorizer Burn × (○) ○ ○ Ticket purchased (fee- Injection needles — × (○) Request a doctor for take- Milk bottles Bottle ○ ○ Return to the place of Desk lamps SHA Non-B ○ ○ based) (See page 15) back; If denied, take them purchase preferably. Desks (non-wooden) Non-B Limited in size Garbage Garbage ○ ○ Fertilizer bags Pla ○ ○ Smelly ones go in Burnable to the Recyle Center Milk cans (for baby) Can ○ ○ Desks (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Other materials including garbage. Ink cartridge Non-B ○ ○ Return to the store of Milk cartons Paper ○ ○ Rinse, open, and dry them. metal go in Non-burnable Garbage. purchase when possible Films (negative) Burn ○ ○ Miniature bulbs Non-B ○ ○ Diapers Burn ○ ○ Human waste should be Fireworks Burn ○ ○ Soak them in water before Ink ribbons for Word- Burn ○ ○ Causing the crusher to get Mini-component Non-B processors clogged ○ ○ disposal. (music centre) SHA Insect cages Non-B Wooden items go in Diatomaceous earth Non-B ○ ○ Daily goods made with diatomaceous Fishhooks Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Miniature cars (toy) Non-B earth (bath mats, coasters, etc.) (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. ○ ○ Fishing poles Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Bamboo Mirrors Non-B ○ ○ Dish washers SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size (materials other than ones go in Burnable Insect glasses Non-B ○ ○ Mobile phones SHA Non-B ○ ○ Delete personal information. Disposable chopsticks Burn ○ ○ bamboo) Garbage. (magnifying glass) Iron dumbbells Non-B Return to the place of purchase Double wheeled carts Non-B × ○ Limited in size; Remove boards Fishing strings Burn ○ ○ × ○ Irons Non-B preferably. and put into Burnable Garbage. Flashlights SHA Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries. ○ ○ 20 As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu ○…Acceptable As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu Waste Management ○…Acceptable Waste Management Nagano City Recycle Center Acceptable Disposal site Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable Disposal site Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ○… ➡ Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ➡ ➡ Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ➡ ×…Not acceptable (should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ×…Not acceptable ×…Not acceptable (should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) ×…Not acceptable

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Mobility scooters — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Polyvinyl sheets Burn ○ ○ Those for agricultural use Sleds (plastic) Non-B ○ ○ Toothbrushes Non-B ○ ○ (electric) (household) are not accepted. (Take Sleeping-bags Burn ○ ○ Toothpaste tubes Burn ○ ○ Metal ones go in Non- them to JA or contact any Monocycle Non-B ○ ○ Smart phones SHA Non-B ○ ○ Delete personal data. Return to the (non metal) burnable Garbage. Plastic (play equipment) waste disposal contractor.) store of purchase when possible caps go in “Pla”. Mops Non-B ○ ○ Portable potty Non-B ○ ○ Remove human waste and Snowboards Non-B ○ ○ Towels Burn ○ ○ (mop with handle) wash. Snow-plough Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in Toys Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries. Motorcycles — × × to any dealer or designated Portable room heaters Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. Wooden/cloth toys go in take-back/recycling service kerosene and batteries. Burnable Garbage. Sofas — × × For any mattress separated into Electric-powered/electronic window. (See p. 16) Pottery Non-B ○ ○ (spring cushion type) spring and cover, each part will Mulch Burn Any mulch for agricultural items treated as small home ○ ○ Power generators — × × To any waste disposal contractor be accepted for drop-oﬀ at the appliances (for kitchen garden) use is not accepted. (Take it Printers SHA Non-B ○ ○ Empty the ink and return to Center. Refer to page 14 for to JA or contact any waste store how to throw away as is. Trays Pla ○ ○ Those with obstinate debris disposal contractor.) To any waste disposal contractor (styrofoam food tray) not removed go in Burnable Propane gas cylinders — × × Sofas (spring-free Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Garbage. Music centre SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Propelling pencils Non-B ○ ○ metal framed type) Trimmed limbs Yard ○ ○ Limited in size Nail clippers Non-B ○ ○ Pruned branches Yard ○ ○ Limited in size Sofas (spring-free Burn ○ ○ Limited in size N non-metal framed type) (up to 25 cm in Nails Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or (up to 25 cm in diameter) Soil — to any waste disposal contractor. cloth. diameter) × × Trumpets Non-B Speakers Non-B Limited in size. Mechanical ○ ○ Needles Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or Pumps Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ T-shirts Burn cloth. (for bath/washing) SHA portion of wooden speakers ○ ○ treated as SHA Tubs (non-wooden) Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in Newspapers Paper ○ ○ Rackets (wooden) Burn ○ ○ Fiberglass items go in Non- R (tennis and table burnable Garbage. Spectacles for the aged Non-B Burnable Garbage. Nursing bottles Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ tennis) ○ Sphygmomanometer Non-B Twigs (up to 25 cm in Yard ○ ○ Limited in size Oil — to any waste disposal contractor ○ ○ Electric/ battery-powered items diameter) O × × Racks (wooden) Burn Limited in size (household) treated as small home appliances Oil (edible) Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ Oil should be hardened or Contact the Living Environment U Umbrellas Non-B ○ ○ absorbed into paper or cloth. Any Radio SHA Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries. Radio-cassette recorders Non-B Remove batteries. Management Section (224-7635) Underwater Pumps — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard liquid oil is not accepted. ○ ○ about items containing mercury (Collection is also available at (including CD- V Vacuum bottles Non-B ○ ○ Electric items treated as SHA Sunday Recycle events: See mounted type) SHA Sprayer (electric - manual) Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size. Electronic items P.11) treated as SHA Rain-gears (raincoats) Burn ○ Vacuum cleaners SHA Non-B ○ ○ Oil bottles Non-B ○ ○ Clean ones go in “Bottle” Sprayer (engine-driven) — Acceptable at Stock Yard Ramune (glass bottle) Bottle ○ ○ × × Vases Non-B ○ ○ Oil cans Can ○ ○ Rinse the inside lightly; Square cushions Burn (up to 18 liters) Cans larger than 18 liters go Razors Non-B ○ ○ Wrap them in a paper or ○ ○ VCRs (video cartridge Non-B ○ ○ in Non-burnable Garbage. cloth. Stamps (non-wooden) Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in recorders) SHA Burnable Garbage. Oil heaters — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Reed screen Burn ○ ○ Limited in size Vices Non-B × ○ Limited in size Steel furniture Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Oil papers (Wax papers) Burn ○ ○ Refrigerators — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle Video cameras SHA Non-B ○ ○ Ticket purchased (fee- Steel wheels Non-B × ○ Videotapes Burn ○ ○ Causing the crusher to get One-cup-sized glass Bottle based) (See page 15) (for vehicles) ○ ○ Stepladders Non-B Limited in size clogged, cassette tapes together alcoholic bottles Retort food pouches Burn ○ ○ Clean ones go in “Pla”. ○ ○ with cases go in “Burn”. (aluminum) Organs Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size. Items that do Retractable knives Non-B ○ ○ Vises Non-B Limited in size Stepladders (iron) Non-B × ○ Limited in size × ○ not meet drop-off guidelines Rice bran Burn ○ ○ Waist belts Burn go to the salvage yard Stereo SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size W ○ ○ Rice cake makers SHA Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Walkers (for baby) Non-B Oven (household) Non-B Limited in size Stocker (freezer) — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle ○ ○ ○ ○ Rocking chairs Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Other Walkers (manual) Non-B Oven/range SHA Non-B (wooden) materials including metal go Ticket purchased (fee- ○ ○ ○ ○ based) (See page 15) Walkie talkie (small size) SHA Non-B Ovens (microwave) Non-B in Non-burnable Garbage. ○ ○ ○ ○ Stone weights for — Acceptable at Stock Wardrobe Burn ○ ○ Limited in size Overnight bags Burn Suitcases go in Non- Roller skates Non-B ○ ○ × × ○ ○ making pickles Yard. Natural stone is not Warm carpets Burn ○ ○ Fold & tie a string around it. burnable Garbage. Roof careers Non-B × ○ Limited in size accepted. Power cords go in Non-burn- Paint (small amount) Burn Paint should be hardened (for vehicles) P ○ ○ Stones — × × to any waste disposal able Garbage. Only mechanical or absorbed into paper or Roof tiles — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard contractor. part treated as SHA cloth. Liquid ones are not Ropes Burn ○ ○ Stoves Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove Washbowls Non-B ○ ○ accepted. (to any waste Ropes (non-metal) Burn kerosene and batteries. disposal contractor.) ○ ○ Water coolers Non-B × (○) Those with uorocarbon (CFC) go Roulette (toy) Non-B Straw Burn ○ ○ to waste management facilities Paint cans Non-B ○ ○ Use up the contents ○ ○ (including 18-L can) completely before disposal. Rubber bands Burn ○ ○ Straw mats Burn ○ ○ Paint tubes (metal) Non-B Use up the contents Rubber gloves Burn ○ ○ (Incl. polyvinyl ones) ○ ○ Studded shoes Burn completely before disposal. Rubber mats Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ Water heaters Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size; Remove batteries Stuffed toys Burn Non-B Paint tubes (plastic) Burn ○ ○ Use up the contents Rucksacks Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Suitcases Non-B Water tank Non-B Limited in size completely before disposal. Rugs Burn ○ ○ Fold and tie a string around ○ ○ ○ ○ Pans Non-B ○ ○ them. Sunglasses Non-B ○ ○ Watering cans Non-B ○ ○ Paper cups Burn ○ ○ Rush mats Burn ○ ○ Limited in size Suspension spring Non-B × ○ Wheel covers (for Non-B ○ ○ Parkas Burn ○ ○ S Safe boxes (handy) Non-B ○ ○ Fireproof safe boxes will be (for vehicles) vehicles) Pedometers SHA Non-B ○ ○ accepted at Stock Yard. Table wares Non-B ○ ○ Wooden items go in Wheelbarrows Non-B × ○ Limited in size T (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. (home use only) Pencil sharpener Non-B ○ ○ Electronic items treated as Sandals Burn ○ ○ machine small home appliances Sauce ladle Non-B Wooden items go in Table-top stoves Non-B ○ ○ Remove batteries and cylinders. Wheelchairs (electric) — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard ○ ○ Tablets SHA Non-B Delete personal data Pencils Burn ○ ○ (non-wooden) Burnable Garbage. ○ ○ Wheelchairs (manual) Non-B ○ ○ Tatami mats Burn × ○ Wheels (for vehicles) Non-B Perambulator Non-B ○ ○ Saws Non-B ○ ○ × ○ Tea boxes (no lining.) Burn ○ ○ Those with aluminum liner coated Window shades Non-B Limited in size (Baby strollers) Scales Non-B ○ ○ inside should be disposed as ○ ○ Permanent marker Non-B ○ ○ (materials other than Non-burnable Garbage in such Wipers Non-B ○ ○ cast metal) Personal computers — × × to the manufacturer for take-back manner that the inside is visible. Wire cables Non-B × ○ Scales Non-B (for home use) SHA (See p. 16) or Small Home ○ ○ Electric-powered/electronic Wires Non-B ○ ○ (bathroom scales) SHA Tea canisters (steel) Can ○ ○ Appliance Recycling (see page 12) items treated as Wooden sword Burn SHA Teacups Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ PET bottle caps Pla ○ ○ Scanners Non-B ○ ○ (Bamboo sword) Telephones SHA Non-B ○ ○ PET bottle labels Pla ○ ○ Paper materials go in Scissors Non-B ○ ○ Word-processors SHA Non-B Televisions — × (○) Acceptable with a Recycle ○ ○ Burnable Garbage. Scooters — × × to any dealer or designated Wrap (for home-use) Burn take-back/recycling service (cathode ray tube/ Ticket purchased (fee- ○ ○ PET bottles PET ○ ○ Plastic bottles of beverage/alco- liquid crystal/plasma TVs) based) (See page 15) Wrap Pla ○ ○ Those with obstinate debris hol/speciﬁc seasonings (such window. (See p. 16) Tennis balls Burn ○ ○ (those wrapped not removed go in Burnable as soy sauce wine/vinegar) Scourers Non-B ○ ○ Botanical ones go in around a product) Garbage. (non-botanical) Burnable Garbage. Thermometers Non-B ○ ○ Contact the Living Environment Management Section (224-7635) Wrenches Non-B ○ ○ Phone cards Burn ○ ○ Seedling pots Pla ○ ○ Rinse the inside. about items containing mercury Wristwatch Non-B ○ ○ Small battery-powered items Phono-records Non-B ○ ○ Sewing machines Non-B ○ ○ Thick papers Paper as “Other old papers” treated as small home appliances Photographs Burn ○ ○ (electric) SHA ○ ○ Tinplate Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Yard trimmings Yard ○ ○ Limited in size Pianos — × × to any waste disposal Sewing machines Non-B × ○ Y (up to 25 cm in diameter) contractor. (pedal) Tire chains (metal) Non-B × ○ Picture frames Burn ○ ○ Limited in size; Non-wooden Shavers Non-B ○ ○ Tire chains Non-B ○ ○ ome items are made of different materials (wooden) items go in Non-burnable Shells Burn ○ ○ (non-metal) garbage. Tires Non-B Only rubber goes in Shoes Burn ○ ○ ○ ○ depending on the manufacturers or types. Note Garbage Garbage Pillow (non-plastic) Burn ○ ○ Plastic items go in Non- (cloth, leather, rubber, (bicycles /monocycle) Burnable Garbage that even the same items may be sorted into burnable Garbage. and spike) Tires — × × Acceptable at Stock Yard Pipe beds Non-B ○ ○ Limited in size Shoes (skating and skiing) Non-B ○ ○ (car /motorcycle, etc.) different categories depending on the materials. Toaster oven SHA Non-B Planters Non-B ○ ○ Shovels Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Toasters SHA Non-B Plastic construction Non-B ○ ○ Sickles Non-B ○ ○ ○ ○ Contact the Nagano City Recycle Center (☎ kits Skating boots Non-B ○ ○ Toilet bowls (ceramic) Non-B ○ ○ Remove human waste and wash. -1-31) or the iving Environment Manage- Plastic oil bottles Burn ○ ○ Clean ones go in “Pla”. Ski boots Non-B ○ ○ Plastic tanks Non-B Ensure it is empty. Skis Non-B Toilet seats Non-B ○ ○ Remove human waste and ment ection (☎-4-3/-4-3) if ○ ○ ○ ○ (including units with a wash. Pliers Non-B ○ ○ Slate — × × Waste management facilities hot-water bidet) you are unsure about separation.

21 As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu ○…Acceptable As for Togakushi , Kinasa , Ooka, Shinshu Waste Management ○…Acceptable Waste Management Nagano City Recycle Center Acceptable Disposal site Nagano City Recycle Center ○…Acceptable Disposal site Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ○… ➡ Shinmachi, and Nakajo districts, yard garbage ➡ ➡ Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ➡ ×…Not acceptable (should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) Facilities ( Nagano Environmental Energy Center ) ×…Not acceptable ×…Not acceptable (should be taken to Sunday Recycle events ) ×…Not acceptable

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Please note that even if items are the same type of item, they may be separated differently based on their materials. Go to Recycle Plaza Furniture, bicycles, daily goods, and other items at home that you do not use anymore but are still in good condition… Before you throw them out, contact Recycle Plaza (see the Guide Map on page 14) Recycle Hiroba (Recycling of items no longer needed) Accepts items that are still usable for free and provides them to those who are interested *May not accept certain items based on their condition.

Furniture (chest, cupboards, sideboards, 2-tier bunks, etc.) After inspection and repair, they are Commodities (tableware, towels, soaps, etc.) put out in the following sections for Clothing (clothes, kimono, shoes, belts, bags, etc.) those who are interested: Books (independent books, pocket editions, picture book, etc.) Free to take, Raffle goods, Goods Other (bicycles, sporting goods, instruments, toys, etc.) for sale

Rainbow Hiroba (Redistributing of items no longer needed) Records the information of people who are offering items or looking for items and redistributes those items. Temporarily posts the information in the Kurashi-no-Channel section of Koho Nagano.

Furniture (chest, cupboards, sideboards, desks, dressing Call Recycle Plaza to register what tables, etc.) you are looking for/offering Electric appliances (refrigerator, televisions, laundry washing machines, fan heaters, etc.) Nursery items/Toys (baby beds, slide, etc.) Once there is a match, the person Sport/leisure items (health appliances, outdoor goods, etc.) who wants it will contact the Instruments (electric organs, pianos, organs, guitars, etc.) provider directly

Flea Markets Contact Held regularly. Nagano City Hall Living Environment Apply at Recycle Plaza. Management Section Inquiries/Applications to Recycle Plaza URL: http://www.city.nagano.nagano.jp Recycle Plaza 026-222-3196 TEL: 026-224-7635 026-224-5035 Reception hours: 9:00 to 21:00 Closed: Dec. 29 through Jan. 3 FAX: 026-224-8909 Address: 2-26-7 Matsuoka, Nagano (next to Sunmarine Nagano) Nagano City Website

Revised March 2019

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