Inagi City

Disposal of home appliances subject to the Home Appliance Recycling Law (air conditioners, televisions, refrigerators (freezers), washing machines, clothes dryers)

Last updated: June 19, 2020

The Home Appliance Recycling Law (Specified Household Appliance Recycling Law) was revised in April 2009. This law requires manufacturers to recycle at a certain level or higher for five items : air conditioners, televisions (including cathode ray tubes), refrigerators (including freezers), washing machines, and clothes dryers .
With the enforcement of this law, home appliance retailers will pick up the five items that have been sold in the past or are no longer needed when replacing them, and home appliance manufacturers will recycle them. Consumers will be responsible for the cost of recycling, etc.
 
Note: These five items cannot be processed by the city.

How to dispose of target home appliances

There are three disposal methods:

1 Request a home appliance retail store to pick up the product.

If you want to buy a new one, please apply to the home appliance retailer where you bought the new home appliance.
Recycling fee and collection transportation fee will be charged. For details, please contact the home appliance retail store.
In addition, if it is not possible to pick up the appliance, such as the home appliance retail store where you purchased it is out of business, please dispose of it using the following methods 2 and 3.

2 Bring the item to a designated home appliance collection point

You can purchase a home appliance recycling ticket at a post office and bring the target home appliances and the recycling ticket to the designated collection points below (collection and transportation fees do not apply).
The amount varies depending on the manufacturer and standard. For more information, please see the website of the "Home Appliances Association" below.

・Chofu Cleaning Co., Ltd. <br id="3"/>1-30-7, Jindaiji Higashimachi, Chofu City Tel: 042-485-1166
・Nittsu Tokyo West Transportation Co., Ltd. Tokyo Fuchu Office

3 Apply for collection to a licensed collection and transportation company

You can apply for the collection and transportation of Inagi City specified household equipment general waste collection and transportation business.
For collection and transportation fees, please contact each licensed company.
It is illegal to collect and transport the 5 types of home appliances from homes in Inagi City, except for the cases where they are done by home appliance retailers and the following licensed businesses.
Do not use unlicensed waste collection companies.
・PEX Co., Ltd. Telephone 042-378-2121
・Chofu cleaning telephone 042-339-7753
・Kato Shoji Co., Ltd. Telephone 042-378-3051
・Tama Koun Co., Ltd. Telephone 042-374-2415

Estimated Home Appliance Recycling Fee

Eligible home appliances Recycling fee (reference)
air conditioner   from 900 yen
TV (including liquid crystal and plasma) From 1,200 yen
Refrigerator/freezer From 3,400 yen
washing machine From 2,300 yen
clothes dryer From 2,300 yen

Remark 1: Consumption tax is required separately.
Remark 2: The collection and transportation fee varies depending on the home appliance retailer/licensed company.
Remark 3: Please note that the recycling fee differs depending on the manufacturer and standard.

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Inquiries about this page

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