Shinjuku city Issued March 2015 The correct way to dispose of recyclables/waste Please place recyclables/waste at the collection point by 8:00 am. Recyclables Once Pages old newspapers, plastic per ●day Shinjuku Waste Collection Office packaging containers, bottles, 1 to 4 cans, PET bottles, spray cans/gas week cartridges, batteries, etc. Shinjuku Waste Transfer Station （Shinjuku Transfer and Recycling Waste Station from April in 2015） Twice Pages Combustible per ●day and Shinjuku East Waste Collection Center 5 waste week ●day Shinjuku City Office Metal, Twice On the ● Kabuki-cho Waste Collection Center and ● Pages Ceramic, per 6 month ●day of Glass Waste each month Please inquire with Items that the city will the waste collection office Page 6 not collect Page 9 Lending of bird nets, disposing of dead animals, waste collecting, large ・Recyclable home appliance items (AC, TV, refrigerator/freezer, washing volume of waste, etc. machine, dryer) ・Computer How to put out large waste ・Toxic or dangerous items, items that cause difficulties when collecting items/group collection PageP 7 ●For more information, please contact the waste collection office/waste collection center that administers waste in your area. There is a charge for collection of large waste items. Please apply in advance. Business recyclables/waste Page 10 (No English Language Service) Phone: 03-5296-7000 ■Shinjuku Waste Collection Office 03(3950)2923 Shimoochiai Internet: http://sodai.tokyokankyo.or.jp/ Business-related paid waste disposal tickets, how to dispose ■Shinjuku East Waste Collection Center 03(3353)9471 Saneicho Please participate in group collection. Homepage ■Kabukicho Waste Collection Center 03(3200)5339 Kabukicho ■waste Reduction Recycling Dept. (in city Office) 03(5273)3318 Kabukicho Waste Shinjuku Seach Items collected at city Let's build a resource Page 8 recycling-oriented society Page 11-12 facilities, etc. together, shifting of waste Paper cartons, white trays, batteries, ink cartridges, small used electronics, etc. Your town's (item 9) 'Recyclable/waste' Page 13-14 100%RECYCLED PAPER collection days Please take recyclables out to the recyclable/waste collection point Please take recyclables out to the recyclable/waste collection point Recyclables on the weekly collection day. on the weekly collection day. Recyclable Paper (Newspaper, Magazines, Books, Paper, Cardboard, Plastic Containers and Wrapping Paper cartons, etc.) ■Will also be collected on rainy days. Please separate by type and tie with string/twine. These refer to plastic items that How to Dispose Notebooks, boxes for items such as food, wrapping are used to hold or wrap Magazines/ paper, envelopes, copying paper, etc. are also resources. goods, and are not needed miscellaneous paper anymore when the products Or inside have been used up. They have a plastic mark. Rinse with water and dry with See-through (Some items may not have the paper, cloth or old clothing Containers with lids plastic bags that you don't need anymore mark due to shape.) Put out Notebooks Boxes for items such as food Wrapping paper *It is not necessary to remove stickers such as price tags. Bottles Tubes Cartons Envelopes Copying paper Place notebooks, food boxes, wrapping paper, etc. in between the pages of magazines or books. Tissue boxes Plastic wrap and aluminum foil boxes Cups Containers Trays （take the plastic out first） （remove metal part） Newspapers/flyers Cardboard boxes Paper carton Caps, nozzles, fasteners Packing polystyrene, Plastic bags/film fruit netting, bubble wrap That which is Dispose of these in collection crates provided at Shinjuku city facilities and Fold flyers into four and stuff from a cross-sectional view. other regional centers, or at between newspapers. supermarkets in Shinjuku city. *See page 8. Items that cannot be collected: Please Please dispose of Paper that contains 'paper that does Recyclable paper may also be not absorb liquid', paper in which collected through group as combustible 'foreign substances have not been fully collections. Items that cannot be collected: Please removed during the recycling process', Please make an effort to waste. etc. are not handled as resources. dispose of it through group PET bottles are not classified as plastic collections. Please dispose of as combustible waste. containers and wrapping. ●Paper carton (which include aluminum coating on the inside) (Please follow each group's rules when disposing in ●Items that are not used up *See page 4. ● ● Paper with vinyl coating Waterproof paper group collections) ●Items that could not be cleaned ● ● ● *See page 7. Thermal paper Carbon paper Photographs ●CDs, video tapes, and toys made of plastic ●Paper cups ●Oil paper ●Paper soaked in oil ☆Group paper collections can save you money as they aren’t typically ●Overseas products without the platic mark ●Shredder waste ●Paper with strong smells ●Foam paper done by the government. 1 2 Please take recyclables out to the recyclable/waste collection point Recyclables on the weekly collection day. Glass Bottles, Cans, Plastic Bottles, Spray Cans, Gas Cartridges, Dry-Cell Batteries for beverages, alcoholic, cooking rice wine, soy sauce, soy Bottles Bottles for beverages, food, cosmetics, and medicine PET bottles PET bottles sauce-processed foods, cooking rice wine-based seasonings, with the mark vinegar, non-oiled dressing-type seasonings Rinse lightly with water Take off the caps Put in a see-through plastic bags Please put plastic caps in collection containers for plastic wrapping Put in a see-through plastic bags at the waste collection location. *See page 2. Remove the caps Rinse and flatten Please put plastic bottle caps and and labels labels in collection containers for plastic wrapping at the recyclable and Items that cannot be collected: Cans Aluminum cans and steel cans for beverage or food waste collection location. *See page 2. Please dispose of as combustible waste. ●PET bottles with oil in them ●Items with content that can't be cleaned out simply by rinsing Items that cannot be collected: Specialists will be referred to you Cans Rinse lightly with water ●Cassette-type gas cartridges ※See page 9 Please also dispose of cans Put in a see-through for snacks, tea, etc. Please completely remove all the contents plastic bags of cans, especially cans for pet food. Spray cans and cassette gas cylinders Items that cannot be collected: How to Dispose Please dispose of these items with metal, ceramics and glass waste Please dispose of at the collection point Caps and nozzles go to recycling Bottles ●Bottles that cannot be cleaned Please put plastic caps and nozzles in Put in a see-through plastic bags ●Medication (besides oral medication) bottles collection containers for plastic at the ●Light bulbs, fluorescent lights, etc. recyclables and waste collection location. *See page 2. Cans ●Cans that can't be cleaned out Be sure that they are all used up ●Cans used for purposes other than food/drink Items that cannot be collected: ●Large drums/kegs ●Paint cans Dry-Cell Batteries Used dry-cell batteries ●Button batteries (magnesium, alkaline, lithium) ●Small rechargeable batteries Please ・For button batteries, please bring them to a store that Returnable bottles (that can be used multiple times) and aluminum accepts them for collection. ・ cans are also collected in group collections. Please make an effort For small rechargeable batteries (nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel hydride batteries, lithium-ion batteries, to dispose of it through group collections. (Dispose of if in etc.), by law the manufacturers must collect and accordance with the rules of your group.) *See page 7. recycle them. If the small rechargeable batteries have a These items are collected in the box recycle mark on them, take them to a store that located in local community centers ■Containers and nets (rental system) may be loaned out when they can be supervised at apartment buildings and condominiums. accepts them and put them in the box marked and at some local supermarkets. “rechargeable batteries recycling box”. *See page 8. For more information, please contact your local Waste Collection Office or Waste Collection Center. 3 4 Please take combustible waste out to the Please take metals, ceramics and glass waste out to the Combustible waste recyclable/waste collection point on the semi-weekly collection day. Metal, Ceramic, Glass waste recyclable/waste collection point on the semi-monthly collection day. Metals Ceramics, Glass, Small appliances How to Dispose Broken Bottles Plastic containers and Plastic products other than plastic How to Dispose wrapping with contents remaining or those containers and wrapping that cannot be cleaned Or Or See-through Wrap broken glass, ceramics, Containers with lids plastic bags Disposable body warmers sharp-edged tools, etc. in thick paper and mark “危険” (DANGEROUS). Please tie up cords neatly. See-through Containers with lids plastic bags Cutting tools / needles / Mercury Thermometers, Fluorescent light tubes / light bulbs razor blades, etc. Disposable Lighters Mercury Blood Pressure Gauges PET bottles covered in oil Rubber products Leather products Kitchen waste Mercury or those where the contents cannot be Thermometers removed with simple washing Mercury Blood Pressure Gauges Make sure to always use them Wrap in thick paper and mark up completely and put them in a Make sure to put them in a “危険” (DANGEROUS). Put them in paper cases. separate, clear bag bag marked see-through bag. “Lighters”. Please cut long hoses down to lengths of 50 cm or less. Please apply at the waste collection office・ Cooking oil Paper scraps Clothing, disposable diapers, Small amounts of branches/ sanitary goods leaves from garden plants waste collection center that administers waste in your area ※For infonfo on whatwhat areaarea appliesapplies toto you,you seesee pagespages 13 anandd1 144. Shinjuku Waste Collection Office 03-3950-2923 Shinjuku East Waste Collection Center 03-3353-9471 Kabukicho Waste Collection Center 03-3200-5339 Lending bird nets ●Cut into lengths of 50 cm Bird nets for preventing damage to recyclables/waste from crows, cats, etc.