Izumo City
(April 2009 - )
Recycling, Harmony between Man and
Earth
Recycling Characters
Resources Recycling Section, Environmental Policy Department, Izumo City Hall
70 Imaichi-Cho, Izumo 693-8530
TEL: 21-6988 FAX: 21-6597
Mail address: recycle@city.izumo.shimane.jp
Hirata Office
TEL 63-5566 FAX 63-5533
Sada Office
TEL 84-0115 FAX 84-0579
Taki Office
TEL 86-3116 FAX 86-7900
Koryou Office
TEL 43-1214 FAX 43-3352
Taisha Office
TEL 53-3115 FAX 53-5976
1. How to dispose domestic waste Trash should be taken out on a garbage collection day by 8:30 am.
● You should sort and put the trash into specified garbage bags. Then write down your name and take it out for
collection.
● Trash that do not fit into garbage bags should be fixed with a collection ticket. Write down your name on it
and take it out for collection. Depends on its size, it may be handled as “bulky waste”.
● Trash that are not sorted correctly or without any name written on it shall not be collected.
● A collection site is under the management of the town council where it is located. Trash cannot be simply
brought into another collection site.
Type of Waste
★ Please check the collection date with the “Garbage Collection Calendar”.
Non-industrial
Domestic
Burnable
P2
Unburnable
Waste
Shredded
Dumped
P3
P4
Used dry batteries
P5
Used flourescent light tube
P5
Resources waste
Beverage cans P5
P6
Bottles
PET bottles
Used paper
Bulky waste
P6
P7
P7
Businesses
As a rule, you should dispose of this type of waste yourself. You may request
the non-industrial waste collection operator to either take it directly to Izumo
Industrial
Energy Center or to disposal sites listed on page 11.
The person who discharge this type of waste will be responsible for its disposal according to its disposal
standards. This type of waste cannot be sent to garbage collection site or recycling centers. (Any
questions related to industrial waste can be directed to Izumo Health Center TEL 21-1197)
※ Industrial waste is defined by law and ordinance as a waste that is a product of industrial activities, and has the
possibility to cause environmental pollution, quantitatively and qualitatively. Wastes that do not come under this
definition will be handled as non-industrial waste.
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① Burnable Waste
With the exception of January 1st – 3rd, collection will be made even on public holidays and year end.
Put your burnable waste into the designated “Burnable waste” bag (white).
One L size bag can fit up to 10 kg of trash, and an S size bag can fit up to 6 kg of trash. Together with the trash
taken out using collection ticket, you can take out 4 pieces of trash for collection at one time.
Garbage bag photo
Garbage collection
Designated burnable waste bag
ticket photo
Large
500 yen 10 pieces
Small
300 yes 10 pieces
Burnable waste collection ticket
50 yen per piece
●Kitchen waste & shells
●Plastic bags, egg packs, etc.
●Clothings, linens
Soft plastics, Tupperware, etc.
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Properly drained
● Strings, Ropes &
Plastic hose
Cut into 50cm pieces
●Wood chips
●Pruning trash, dead leaves
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Cut into 50cm pieces
●Disposable diapers
●Leather goods
●Styrofoam
Shoes
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Remove the filth
Remove metal parts and dispose it as
Break it into small pieces before
shredded waste
putting it out for collection
Please fix the burnable waste collection ticket to “unbagged” burnable waste, and take it out for collection.
(50 yen per piece)
Make sure the burnable waste that is not in garbage bags is:
1. 1 m and less in length,
2. the total of its height, width and depth is within 2 m,
3. and its weight is within 10 kg.
Fix the “Burnable waste collection ticket” to each of the trash directly, write your name and take it out for
collection.
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② Shredded Waste
Put your “Shredded Waste” into the designated “Shredded Waste” bag (Yellow).
One L size bag can fit up to 10 kg of trash, and an S size bag can fit up to 6 kg of trash.
Together with the trash taken out using collection ticket, you can take out 4 pieces of trash for collection at one
time.
Garbage
photo
bag
Garbage
collection
photo
Shredded waste designated bag
ticket
Large
500 yen 10 pieces
Small
300 yen 10 pieces
Shredded waste collection ticket
50 yen per piece
●Small electrical appliances
●Empty cans
Remove the button type batteries and rechargeable batteries and take
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Remove used cylindrical dry batteries and dispose it as dumped waste.
it to electrical shops.
●Hard plastics
Excluding 6 home appliances
Beverage cans will be
items and PC, (see page 9)
recycled
● Sharp objects such as knives
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Items whose shape do not change even when pushed
Wrap the blade so that it is no longer dangerous,
with a finger
and state the content clearly.
Items that are broken when strong force is applied
●Metals
●Lighters
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● Aerosol cans
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●Compact gas stove, etc.
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Make sure it is totally empty
Make sure it is totally empty
and make some holes
Please fix the shredded waste collection ticket to “unbagged” shredded waste and take it out for collection.
(50 yen per piece)
Make sure that the unbagged waste maximum length is within 1 m, and the total of its height, width and depth is
within 2 m. Fix the “shredded waste collection ticket” directly onto each piece, write down your name and take it
out for collection. (Weight is up to 20 kg.)
Heater
Tricycles
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Rattan chairs
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Remove its batteries
Galvanized iron
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Within 1 m
●Make sure that the fuel in the heater is completely drained and its batteries removed.
●Waste that is larger than the size limited for waste that can be taken out for collection using
collection ticket will be handled as “Bulky waste” (See page 7)
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