Nagasaki City
Guide to Separating Trash
Detailed Edition
Collection
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Collection
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Collection
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Garbage Not Collected by the City
As defined by law, 20 types of waste produced by industrial activities are not dealt with by the city.
Nagasaki City Hall
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Plastic Packaging
Where to Apply
Collected on the same day as "Non-Burnable Garbage".
Kitchen Waste
Please Note
Please Note
Please Note
①Separate Correctly
Disposable Diapers etc.
Tubes
From July 2016
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Waste Disposal Inquiries
Plastic Products
Drink bottles and makeup bottles are "Recyclable Garbage".
Lighters
*Please separate correctly as garbage
will be recycled after collection.
Empty Bottles
●Put garbage out by 8am in designated garbage bags. ●Please cut down on garbage and separate by type.
Twice
a
week
Once
a
week
Burnable Garbage
Wastepaper
Drain first !
●Drain off liquid.
●Wrap in paper.
Used Oil
Use paper or cloth to absorb oil.
Clothes/ Blankets / Small Bedding etc.
Cotton Products Sanitary Products
Flush human waste down the toilet.
Wood/ Bamboo
Bundle wood up to 1m in length and 40cm in diameter.
●Plastic String ●Toothbrushes ●Buckets ●Hangers ●Clear Files
●CDs/ DVDs/ Video Tapes
/ Cassette Tapes etc. ●Remove metal parts.
Rubber and Leather Products
●Remove metal parts.
Once
a
week
Old Paper
Bundle with string
according to type.
Newspapers
/ Flyers
Books/ Magazines /Paper Boxes/Paper Bags /Wrapping Paper/Paper Cartons
Cardboard
●Sandwich miscellaneous paper between books and magazines.
●Photos, carbon paper, and thermal paper are
"Burnable Garbage"
.
●Open out paper cartons and rinse and dry them before disposal.
Non-Burnable Garbage
Spray Cans
/ Gas Cartridges
Empty and pierce. Empty and pierce.
Metal
(other than saucepans, pots, kettles, and pans)
Razors/ Pins
and other sharp objects
Glass
(other than bottles) Ceramics Broken
Fluorescent Tubes
Wrap in newspaper or similar and mark designated bag with "WARNING EDGED TOOL" or "WARNING BREAKABLES".
Home Medical Supplies
(non-sharp)
Do not throw away hypodermic needles or other sharp objects.
Special Manufactured Bottles
(disinfectant bottles etc.)
Small Electrical Appliances
●Vacuum Cleaners ●Toasters
●VCRs ●Radios
●Rice Cookers
(the inner bowl is "Recyclable Garbage")
●Electric Fans ●Irons ●Printers etc.
●Umbrellas
●Light Bulbs
●Incandescent Light Bulb
●LED Bulbs
Items that will not fit in bags, such as long umbrellas, may be left sticking out at the top of the bag
(items longer than 1m must be disposed of as "Oversized Garbage").
Pierce empty spray cans and gas cartridges in a well-ventilated area away from any flames, before putting them out for collection.
Unemptied and unpierced spray cans
can set fire to garbage trucks!
*Plastic containers and wrapping which
are thrown away immediately after
consuming contents.
Plastic Mark
Food Trays
/ Egg Cartons
Should be placed in "Burnable Garbage" when contents cannot be disposed of.
Snack Packets
/ Rice Bags
Yoghurt/ Dessert Containers
Wrapping
Styrofoam
Break up large items.
Shock-Absorbing Packaging
(for fruit)Shampoo Bottles etc./ Detergent Containers
Remove caps and nozzles.Blister Packs (for capsule medicine etc.)
Plastic Bags
Make sure that the bags are empty.
Plastic Oil Bottles
Labels from PET Bottles
Look for the Plastic Recycling mark.
②Clean Items
Rinse dirty items and wipe dry.
③Do Not Double-Wrap Items
Do not wrap items in plastic bags
before putting them in the
designated garbage bag.
Recyclable Garbage
Empty Cans
●Juice Cans ●Beer Cans
●Food Cans ●Snack Tins
●Oil Cans ●Seaweed Tins
●Can Lids (metal)
●Juice Bottles ●Oil Bottles
●Condiment Bottles
●Alcohol Bottles
●Health Drink Bottles
●Medicine Bottles
●Makeup Bottles
●Bottle Lids (metal) etc.
Metal Pans/ Pots/ Kettles/ Frying Pans
PET Bottles
Remove lids
and labels
●Mineral Water Bottles
●Soy Sauce Bottles
●Alcohol Bottles
●Mirin Bottles
●Soy Sauce Product Bottles (soup stock etc.)
●Seasoning Bottles etc.
①
Rinse thoroughly.
②
Put plastic lids in "Plastic Packaging".
Remove metal lids and
put in "Recyclable Garbage" .
③
Leave plastic fittings around the necks
of bottles if they are difficult to detach.
④
Containers that have been re-used around
the home to hold medicine and paint cannot
be recycled. Please put them in
"
Non-Burnable Garbage
".
Fluorescent
Tubes
Put into the fluorescent tube container or next to the battery bucket in its original packaging. Put broken tubes in "Non-Burnable Garbage".
*Put incandescent light bulbs and LED light bulbs in “Non-Burnable Garbage”.
Cylindrical
Batteries
●Manganese/ Alkali Batteries Place in the battery
bucket at your garbage station.
*Mercury, nickel-cadmium, lithium, button, and rechargeable batteries
are not collected by the city. Please return to the point of purchase.
*Only place batteries in the battery bucket.
Oversized Garbage
Advance application necessary.
Applications: Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:15
*Clean Nagasaki is closed when national holidays fall on a weekday.
Fee
Applies
●Chest of Drawers ●Closets ●Dressing Tables ●Bookshelves ●Kerosene Heaters ●Beds ●Fan Heaters ●Mattresses ●Sewing Machines ●Bicycles ●Microwaves ●Futon and blankets (that do not fit in garbage bags)●Gas Cookers
●Tabletop Stoves etc. (Up to 2 items can be taken in a single collection.)
Charge per item
★Up to 1m in length/ under 30kg in weight= ¥514
★Between 1m-2m in length/ 30-60kg in weight= ¥1,028
*Purchase a sticker from a financial institution (bank/ post office etc.). *We will come to collect the items from your door.
*Items over 2m in length or 60kg in weight cannot be collected.
Please take such items to a processing plant yourself, or arrange
collection through a private company.
Old Nagasaki City: Clean Nagasaki Koyagi Area: Hikari Shipping Iojima Area: Fukushima Cleaning Takashima Area: Seibu Construction Nomozaki Area: Nomozaki Promotion Ltd. Sotome Area: Clean Sotome Ikeshima Area: Matsushima Electric Plant Sanwa Area: Morita Cleaning Kinkai Area: Kinkai Environmental Conservation
Industrial Waste
Difficult-to-dispose-of Items
Large Quantities
of Waste
4 Types of
Home Appliances
Computers
Please contact a private waste disposal company.
Fire extinguishers/ agricultural chemicals/ infectious medical waste (eg. hypodermic needles)
/ cans containing oil or paint/ batteries/ motorbikes/ tires/ cylinders/ button batteries etc.
Please return these items to the point of purchase, or contact a private waste disposal company.
Large amounts of waste produced in one go, eg. when moving house, cannot be collected.
Please take this waste to a processing plant yourself, or contact a private waste disposal company.
You must purchase a ticket to take your trash directly to the processing plant. Purchase a ticket from City Hall, an administration center, or a branch office.
