About collection of plastic garbage

It is the actual value of the amount of plastic garbage collected from April 2023.

• Within 50 cm (transparent, translucent, or colored)
• all made of plastic
• clean, not dirty

It is limited to those that satisfy all of these requirements.
Please use the designated blue collection bag for plastic waste in front of your home for single-family homes, and at the collection point for multi-family housing.

Under the initiative of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Association, as a result of inspecting plastic waste before recycling (the final process), some waste was found to be unsuitable for plastic waste.
This garbage is judged to be unsuitable and becomes a factor that hinders recycling processing.
From now on, please be careful not to accidentally put it in plastic garbage.

As a result of the inspection, it seems that much of the plastic waste discharged from Inagi City still has dirt remaining.
Dirty plastics are a hindrance to recycling, and only clean plastics are suitable for recycling.
If there are any items left inside or items that cannot be cleaned, please separate them into combustible and non-burnable garbage as usual.
　
●Dirty Soft plastics that cannot be removed → Burnable garbage as before <br id="3"/>Examples: Mayonnaise and ginger tubes with remaining contents, natto trays, refill pouches for detergent and shampoo, etc. Such
●Dirty, hard plastic → Non-burnable garbage <br id="7"/>Example: Plastic flower pots that cannot be cleaned with dirt, cosmetic bottles whose contents cannot be washed, etc.

[Inappropriate items during inspection]

• PET bottles → Cans/PET bottles
• Paper cup noodle containers, paper waste, aluminum foil → Burnable garbage
• Dirty plastic garbage (mayonnaise containers, wasabi tubes, ointment tubes, etc.) → Burnable garbage
• Empty cans → Cans/PET bottles
• Rubber gloves, rubber ice pillow bags → non-burnable garbage
• Thin cloth → Burnable garbage
• Rubber band → burnable garbage
• Plastic file with contents (paper) still inside → Burnable garbage
• Plastic products over 50 cm → Oversized garbage
• Compact mirror → Non-burnable garbage (Basically, most mirrors cannot be removed, so please never put them in plastic garbage.)

★Uncontaminated PP bands (plastic strings) or plastic sheets that are longer than 50 cm may be cut into pieces less than 50 cm and disposed of as plastic garbage.

After the collection started, an intermediate processing company inspected the plastic waste.
Inappropriate items were discovered during post-collection processing. Please be careful when discharging.

[Inappropriate items in the photo]

• Empty beverage cans, empty cans, PET bottles → cans and PET bottles
• Cylindrical snack container made of paper → Burnable garbage
• Brush part containing wood of deck brush → Burnable garbage
• Deck brush (if it is 50 cm or more including the handle) → Oversized garbage
• Umbrella → non-burnable garbage
• Spray cans, lighters → hazardous materials
• Plastic hangers partially containing metal, hangers made only of metal → non-burnable garbage
• Scissors (when 70% or more is metal) → metal objects
• Slicer with a metal blade → (Please put tape on the blade) Non-burnable garbage
• Batteries for laptop computers → Harmful items (with tape, etc. attached to terminals) Or small electronic device collection boxes installed in public facilities, etc.
• Batteries → (Insulated with tape, etc.) Hazardous substances

If foreign matter gets mixed with resources, recycling will be hindered.
Currently, three stages of checks are being carried out to prevent the contamination of foreign substances.
　
First stage: When citizens donate resources
Second stage: When collecting resources Third stage: When sorting at the processing facility
　
In particular , the first stage of checking when distributing resources produces a great effect.
Separate resources and garbage correctly to use resources effectively!