| Daily Life in Aizu |
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Types |
Collection Dates |
Examples |
Separate into the following categories |
Disposal Container |
Special Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Burnable Garbage |
Twice every week |
Kitchen waste, waste paper, rubber or leather products, cloth, futons, wood, twigs, toys |
No need to separate |
Calcium carbonate bag or plastic shopping bag |
Remove liquid before disposing |
|
Paper |
Once every week (on the same day as cans and glass bottles) |
See categories |
Newspapers, Magazines, Cardboard, Milk Cartons |
No container, just bundle each category and bind with string |
Rinse out milk cartons, cut them open (so they are flat), bundle and tie them |
|
Unburnable Garbage |
Weeks 1, 3, & 5 |
Small garbage: hard plastic, glass, pottery |
Small garbage |
Calcium carbonate bag or plastic shopping bag for small garbage
|
Make a hole in aerosol cans |
|
Cans |
Weeks 1, 3, & 5 |
See categories |
Steel |
Container Provide By the City |
Rinse cans well |
|
Plastic PET Bottles |
Weeks 1, 3, & 5 |
Plastic juice and soft drink bottles, soy sauce bottles, alcohol bottles |
No need to separate |
Specific bag |
Dispose of caps and lids with unburnable garbage |
|
White Trays |
Weeks 2, & 4 |
White polystyrene food trays |
No need to separate |
Designated container provided by the city |
Only white polystyrene trays can be recovered. Please do not put the following out; dirty trays, coloured trays (e.g. sashimi trays), trays with handles, instant noodle packaging, lunch (bento) trays, plastic trays, styrofoam trays. |
|
Glass Bottles |
Weeks 2, & 4 |
See categories |
Clear |
Designated container provided by the city |
Dispose of caps and lids with unburnable garbage |
|
Large Items |
By request only, twice a month |
Large-size furniture, large appliances, lumber, bicycles, motorcycles, kotatsu tables, incinerators |
No need to separate |
Place the item, as is, in front of your house on the designated day. There is a limit of three items per household per collection. Items that are still useable should be taken to a recycle shop or the recycling centre |
Call the Environmental Protection Division to arrange to have the large item picked up. 0242-27-3961 |
|
Garden Waste |
With Burnable |
-- |
No need to separate |
Dry pruned branches should be tied in bundles less than 60cm in length and less than 30cm in diameter. Grass should be put in rubbish bags that contain less than 25% calcium |
Please compost garden waste as much as possible |
|
If you move |
The City does not collect the large ammount of rubbish associated with moving house. |
Please take such rubbish directly to the City collection site, it is open from 08:30 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 16:30. |
Burnable & Unburnable |
If you do not have a vehicle suitable to transport such waste, contact a waste contractor. |
Contact Haikibutsu Taisakuka (0242-27-3961) for Waste Disposal Companies |
The following Household Electrical Items Recylcing Law
has been in force since April 2001
This law requires electrical companies to collect products they manufactured and recycle them. Consumers must pay a fee to cover the return and freightage of the items that they dispose of. Here is a break down of the costs for selected electrical items. (Items ouside this list can be disposed of as unburnable refuse.
|
Item |
Recycling Fee |
|
TV Tube |
2,700 yen + tax |
|
Air Conditioner |
3,500 yen + tax |
|
Refrigerator |
4,600 yen + tax |
|
Washing Machine |
2,400 yen + tax |
Please use this chart to find out how you dispose of your electrical items.
|
Buying a New One? |
YES (1) |
Take old item to electrical store in exchange |
|
NO (2) |
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Recycle Item at Place of Purchase? |
YES (1) |
Take old item to electrical store & pay recycling fee |
|
NO(3) |
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Contact Refuse Division or Transport to Collection Point. |
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Case (1) |
Electrical Stores will charge a recycling fee and freightage |
|
Case (2) |
Take the item to the same store that you bought it & pay the recycling fee plus freightage. |
|
Case (3) |
Use a City-designated refuse collector. For information contact the Refuse disposal division 0242-27-3961. Alternatively take your electrical item to on of these two designated places:
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Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Other |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Week 1 |
Paper, Unburnable, Cans |
Burnable |
-- |
-- |
Burnable |
-- |
|
Week 2 |
Paper |
Burnable |
-- |
-- |
Burnable |
Large Items (by appt only) |
|
Week 3 |
Paper, Unburnable, Cans |
Burnable |
-- |
-- |
Burnable |
-- |
|
Week 4 |
Paper |
Burnable |
-- |
-- |
Burnable |
Large Items (by appt only) |
|
Week 5 |
Paper, Unburnable, Cans |
Burnable |
-- |
-- |
Burnable |
-- |
NOTE:These dates are not correct for all areas of Aizu Wakamatsu. Please call the city hall or ask someone in your neighbourhood for the exact schedule.
Other notes
- Take your garbage out by 8:30am on the designated collection days.
- The place where you dispose of Cans, Plastic PET Bottles, and Glass Bottles might be different from where you dispose of other garbage. Ask your neighbours for specifics.
- For more information, please call the Environmental Protection Division at 0242-27-3961 or 0242-27-3873.
- For assistance in English, please call Nagamine Hiromi at the Aizu Wakamatsu City Hall International Relations Section (0242-39-1202).
If you are looking for a way to furnish your place without going into debt, look no longer. There are several good recycle shops in Aizu Wakamatsu which may have just the thing you are looking for, at a fraction of the retail cost. Here is a list of the stores and their location in Wakamatsu. Ipudo Recycle Shop (Yanagiwara), Seikatsu Soko Aizu Wakamatsu (Baba Moto), Big Joy (Kozashi), Fukushima Recycle Corporation (Chuo), Recycle Shop Araiguma (Higashi Sakae), Recycle Shop Second Hand (Zaimoku), Recycle Shop Chao (Higashi Sakae), Recycle Dream (Sumiyoshi). Call us for more info!
We hold our annual Recycle Bazaar in June or July. If you want to donate stuff to be sold, please bring it in sometime in June. If you want to sell your own stuff, contact the association.
If you need household goods, or if you would like to get rid of (or sell) things that you have sometime other than June/July, please contact the Association.
Where to donate your used items
(All clothing should be laundered and footwear should be ready to
use).
Books
- Please donate any books to the Aizu Wakamatsu International Association!
Other
- Karitasu Osaka
Phone 06-942-17842-24-22
Tamazukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540
Provides basic necessities to laborers in the Airin district (Kamagasaki area) during the winter months. Items: blankets, towels, men's undergarments, soap - Deai no Ie
Phone 06-633-0798
Haginochaya, Nishinari-ku Osaka 557
Shelter provides free lodging for the needy. Its library is currently in need of books.
Items: Japanese pocket books only, blankets, towels, soap, men's undergarments. - Japan Relief Clothing Center (JRRC)
Phone 078-441-264122-2
Fukaehamacho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658
Provides clothing and other items to the needy in Asia and Africa. Donations towards shipping expenses are greatly appreciated.
Items: Sports Shoes, clothing, blankets, sheets, towels, and monetary donations to assist in shipping expenses. Please call for further information. - NICCO Support Group Phone
075-213-1731
Japanese silk from kimonos and obis are designed into Western Clothing and sold at annual sale in Kyoto. All proceeds go towards relief work in Vietnam and other developing countries.
Items: Japanese silk kimonos and obis. - Amnesty Kobe Group
Phone 078-575-2608
Miyohogeinnai 4-5 Nagasawacho, Hyogo-ku Kobe 652
March through December a monthly bazaar is held with proceeds going towards relief work overseas.
Items: clothing. - Emausu no Ie 03-3920-9118
- "The Family" Christian Fellowship Organization 03-3315-3902
- Salvation Army Bazaar 03-3384-3789 (or 3769?)
- The Sankyu-kai (male items only) 03-3624-1745
- Masonic Lodge 03-3431-0033
- Christian Volunteer Group 03-3315-1996
- Sisters of Charity 03-3898-3866
- The Family 0798-34-4547
- The People (Iwaki) 0246-54-6374
- Tokyo Lodge #2 F & AM 03-3460-4004
- You can also donate old, but wearable clothes to Burmese
refugees living on the Myanmar Thai border.
Send to
Burmese Relief Center,
P.O. Box 48, Chiang Mai University,
Chiang Mai 5002, Thailand.
Please write "Used Clothing" and "No Commercial Value" on the box to avoid duty charges.
