Disposal system of garbage is a little different in each city and town. Description here is that of Fujimi-shi for the most part. For details, please refer to each city/town’s website or application ( Fujimi-shi, Fujimino-shi or Miyoshi-machi ).

Please pay attention to the followings:

• Correct sorting out, disposal of garbage and collecting days are set for individual area. Put out your garbage in a clear or translucent bag at the fixed pick up point by 8:30 in Fujimi-shi, 8:00 in Fujimino-shi and Miyoshi-machi on designated collection day.
• Household garbage is not collected and left at garbage collection site, if it is not sorting out correctly nor putting out at designated time. Please keep the rule.
• Taking away of recyclable garbage from garbage collection site is forbidden.

6-1 Sorting-out of garbage – combustible garbage

  Kitchen garbage, rubber, wood chips, branch cuts, paper diapers (waste should be flushed to the toilet). Kitchen garbage should be drained well.
Place in garbage bags.

6-2 Sorting-out of garbage – recyclable plastics

Plastic containers for food and daily necessities, etc.

• Fujimi-city: Put into the green net.
• Fujimino-shi, Miyoshi-machi: transparent or semi-transparent bags.

* The collection days are different for the following two types in Fujimino-shi and Miyoshi-machi.

• Plastic containers and packaging: Plastic products with the following mark.
• Plastics other than containers and packaging: Plastic products without mark.

6-3 Sorting-out of garbage – non-combustible garbage

Ceramic items, glass cups, mirrors, aluminum foil, small electrical appliances, etc.

• Fujimi-shi: Place in a green non-combustible special container.
• Fujimino-shi, Miyoshi-machi: Place cans other than drinks in transparent or semi-transparent bags. Pottery, glass, knives, etc. should be placed in transparent or semi-transparent bags and labeled “Dangerous”.

6-4 Sorting-out of garbage – hazardous garbage

Lighters, mercury thermometers, mercury clinical thermometers, mobile batteries, etc.

• Fujimi-shi: Please place in the designated containers for hazardous waste. Fluorescent tubes and light bulbs should be placed in the original packaging at the time of purchase, or if unavailable, in a bag and placed next to the bottle bin.
• Fujimino-shi and Miyoshi-machi: Place dry cell batteries and mobile batteries in the used battery collection bag (Fujimino-shi: orange, Miyoshi-machi: yellow) or a clear or translucent bag, clearly marked “Hazardous.” Place fluorescent tubes, light bulbs, and lighters in a clear or translucent bag.

6-5 Sorting-out of garbage – recyclable items

Newspapers, flyers, magazines/books, cardboard, paper cartons, miscellaneous paper, cloths (please tie up the above with string), cans, bottles, PET bottles, etc.

For plastic bottles and bottles, remove the lid. (Dispose of the metal lid as non-burnable garbage and the plastic lid as resource plastic.)

• Fujimi-shi: Put PET bottles in special net bags, and cans and bottles in special containers.
• Fujimino-shi, Miyoshi-machi: Put plastic bottles and cans of drinks in special net. Bottles should be separated into colored, transparent and white, and put into transparent or semi-transparent bags.

6-6 Sorting-out of garbage – large-sized garbage

These are household furniture, electric appliances (except four items designated by the home appliance recycling law and personal computer), futon, bicycles, video decks, gas ranges with two burners, and so on.

• Fujimi-shi: Please apply by phone, etc. (It usually takes about 1 to 2 weeks for collection.) There is a charge for these items.
• Fujimino-shi and Miyoshi-machi: The following items are subject to fees. Please purchase a payment slip, affix it to the bulky waste, and place it at the collection point.
  • Charged items: Spring mattresses, folding beds, massage chairs, chairs, sofas, organs, electronic pianos, health appliances with electric motors, car carrier boxes for cars, bicycles, and tatami mats

6-7 Items not to be collected by the city or town

Certain types of waste cannot be placed at collection points. These include items that are difficult to process, such as tires, bathtubs, fire extinguishers, motorcycles, and concrete blocks. Items subject to the Home Appliance Recycling Law (refrigerators/freezers, air conditioners/outdoor units, televisions (CRT, plasma, LCD, OLED), washing machines/clothes dryers) and personal computers cannot be collected by the city or town.

If you have a large amount of waste at once, such as during a move, you cannot place it at the collection point. Please bring it directly to the Environmental Center or contact the department listed below.

[Inquiry]

• Fujimi-shi Kankyou-ka : tel.049-252-7100 (direct line)
• Fujimino-shi Kankyou-ka Haikibutsu Taisaku-kakari :
  tel.049-262-9022
• Miyoshi-machi Kankyou-ka Kankyou Taisaku-tanto :
  tel.049-258-0019