Inagi City

How to Dispose of Harmful Items

Last updated: February 12, 2020

Please be sure to dispose of "spray cans, lighters, fluorescent lights, and dry batteries" on the monthly "hazardous materials/metallic materials" collection day.

To prevent accidents and fires at collection vehicles and incineration plants, hazardous materials (incendiary materials) such as spray cans, lighters, fluorescent lights, and dry batteries should be placed in combustible, non-combustible, and bulky garbage and not disposed of. Please be sure to dispose of these items in transparent or translucent bags on the monthly collection day for hazardous materials and metal materials .

In particular, please be aware that spray cans, gas cylinders, lighters, etc. can be hazardous even if there is nothing left inside .

Also, if you cannot use it up, put it in a transparent or semi-transparent bag without making any holes and put it out on the " Hazardous Substances " day, as there is a risk of fire. It is not necessary to indicate "Contains contents."

When disposing of products that contain batteries, such as radio cassette players or remote controls, or lighting equipment, the batteries or fluorescent lights may still be left inside. Be sure to remove any batteries or fluorescent lights and dispose of them separately as hazardous waste.

Please note that if any items are mixed, we will notify you with a warning sticker and will not collect them.

Photo: Spray cans found in non-burnable garbage
A spray can found in non-burnable garbage

Image Gas lighter mixed in with non-burnable garbage
Gas lighter mixed in with non-burnable garbage

Image Fluorescent lights and batteries are hazardous materials.
Fluorescent tubes and batteries are hazardous materials.

Image Harmful substances
Be sure to remove it and dispose of it as hazardous material!

Inquiries about this page

Inagi City Urban Environment Development Department Living Environment Division Phone: 042-378-2111