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2012 City of Yokohama Resources & Waste Recycling Bureau
Beautiful City
Yokohama
FY2012
Beyond the
G30 Plan. Yokohama
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Index
● Yokohama 3R Dream Plan/Q&A 1
1 Trends and goals on total volumes of 1
garbage and recyclable resources
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2 Trends and goals on
greenhouse gas emissions
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3 Breakdown of all garbage
and recyclabe resources
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4 Costs related to garbage
and recyclable resources
5 Beyond the GR30: the Yokohama 3R Dream 4
6 Adding [Reduce] to
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environment-friendly lifestyles
● Collecting garbage and recyclable resourcesces 7
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1 Rules of disposal at local
collection points
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2 Oversized garbage
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3 Disposal of air conditioners, TVs,
electric refrigerators, electric freezers,
laundry machines, and clothe dryers
4 Others (items that are not collected 10
by Yokohama City, collection service
for animal carcasses)
5 Support for putting out garbage 11
6 Depot collection of recyclables 12
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7 The local community
collection of recyclables
●Promoting Environmental Activities 14
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1 Environmental project
committee member program
2 Yokohama environmental action 14
award: Yokohama 3R Dream
commendation
3 Measures by region and by household 15
● Using and Recycling Resources 17
1 Flow of recycling procedures 17
2 Details on turning garbage into resources 19
● Education for Recognition and Environmental Learning 20
1 3R Dream educational facilities 20
2 Facility observation tour and,
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3R Dream supplementary readers
● Measures for Business-related Garbage 21
● Incineration of and Landfills for Garbage 23
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1 Incineration plants
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2 Landfill treatment
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3 Environmental inquiry
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● Treatment of Human Wastes
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1 Pumping up human wastes
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2 Septic tanks
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3 Public lavatory
28
4 Measures for Installing
lavatories during disasters
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● Industrial Wastes
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1 Industrial wastes
2 Yokohama Industrial Waste Guidelines 29
3 Monitoring and guidance with
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regard to improper waste treatment
4 Guidance for waste generating
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companies
5 Industrial waste treatment facilities 29
6 Guidance for treatment companies 30
7 Construction waste recycling 30
8 Automobile recycling
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● Town Planning Toward Achieving a Clean and Neat City 31
1 Measures for littering and
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smoking while walking
2 Cleaning up sidewalks and
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station plazas, etc.
3 Prevention of illegal dumping 32
4 Measures for abandoned vehicles 32
● Information on Bureau Facilities 33
● Lay-out of the Facilities of the Bureau 34
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The Yokohama 3R Dream Plan/Q&A
1 Trends and goals on total volumes of garbage and recyclable resources
Reduced by
3% or more
[Units of 10,000 tons]
150
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100
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36
44
Garbage
Volume
50
0
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Recycling
Volume
Reduced by
10% or more
93
91
93
88
71
FY2009 (base year)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2013 (target)
FY2025 (target)
1,261,691
1,281,602
Garbage volumes 1,275,444
(tons)
Please keep helping us out on garbage
separation, reducing water content in
kitchen waste, and reducing food waste!
2 Trends and goals on greenhouse gas emissions
Reduced by
10% or more
[Units of 10,000 tons-CO2]
Reduced by
50% or more
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We achieved a 10.3%
discount in FY2011
compared to FY2009.
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28.2
23.0
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FY2009
FY2010
Kireina Machini (Beautiful City) Yokohama FY 2012
FY2011
FY2013
(target)
FY2025
(target)
1.28 million tons
Resources
39,440 tons
Yokohama
3RDream!
Garbage
Business Garbage
3 Breakdown of all garbage and resources
312,116 tons
Weight (tons)
Units of 10,000
100
80
Resources
60
Cans, bottles,
plastic bottles
50,412 tons
Spray cans
552 tons
Small metal items
5,508 tons
Dry cell Batteries
480 tons
Plastic containers and
packaging
48,173 tons
Large metal items
6,752 tons
Used paper
12,502 tons
Fluorescent Lights
197tons
Used clothes
1,967 tons
Household Garbage
Garbage
Resources
Business Garbage
Resources
Household Garbage
120
74tons
Other *
The local community collection
of recyclables: 189,534 tons
etc.: 178,741 tons
｛ Paper,
Other: 10,793 tons
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*The kitchen waste that was converted into resources through demonstrative biogas experiments.
Garbage
Garbage
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Garbage
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Garbage: 611,344 tons
｛ Burnable
Non-burnable Garbage: 2,551 tons
613,895 tons
Fiscal 2011
Contents of garbage
[Contents of burnable garbage
disposed of by households]
[Percentage separated as recyclable resources
(separation ratio)]
Plastic items
(not intended for separation)
Used paper
(intended
for separation)
5%
12％
Papers (not intended
for separation) 16%
Others
13%
Woods and
trees 12%
Kitchen scraps
34%
Cans
96%
Bottles
96%
1%
Plastic PET bottles
94%
Plastic containers/
packaging
(intended for separation)
7%
Plastic containers
and packaging
Cans, bottles and
plastic PET bottles etc.
(intended for separation)
63%
0%
20%
40%
37%
60%
80%
37%
of garbage
is not
separated
100%
※Separation ratio=recyclable resources/
(recyclable resources+recyclable resources in combustible garbage x 100)
Combustible garbage includes various kinds of garbage such as used paper and plastic containers/packaging that
can be separated and recycled.
Plastic containers/packaging that should be separated represent 5% of the garbage, yet 40% of plastic
containers/packaging is not recycled; instead it is disposed of as combustible garbage. Used paper comprises 12%
of the total, and that percentage is rising year by year (Garbage Composition Survey for 2011)
4 Costs of garbage collection, treatment, and disposal
41.1
billion
yen
(based on the fiscal
results for FY 2010)
Collection, hauling, and
treatment of human waste:
0.3 billion yen (1%)
These costs represent
3.0%
of the general costs incurred
by Yokohama City.
[The breakdown is]
Renovation of garbage
processing facilities:
0.4billion yen (1%)
Reduction, recycling,
and R&D: 2.7 billion yen (6%)
Collection, hauling, and
treatment, and disposal of
waste: 37.7 billion yen (92%)
Garbage
processing
accounts for
92% of the
total cost.
* In addition, the
cost of implementing
measures for industrial
waste amounts to 2.2
billion yen.
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Yokohama
3RDream!
5 Beyond the GR30: the Yokohama 3R Dream
Basic Philosophy
Creating a Sustainable Society:
A Model Environmental City for the Future
In addition to promoting 3R * in cooperation
with residents, companies and the administration of Yokohama, we will strive to guarantee the effective use of limited recyclable
resources and energy sources by appropriately treating any remaining garbage. Our
aim is to create a sustainable society by
reducing the burden on the environment and
establishing sound fiscal management as a
model environmental city.
Reducing the burden
on the environment
Guaranteeing effective
use of recyclable
resources and energy
Sound fiscal
management
Additional Cooperation
Companies
Residents
Promoting 3R
Reduce
* 3R stands for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Reuse
Recycle
Administration
Promoting appropriate
treatment
Safe and Stable
Treatment and
Disposal
Based on G30
The Future of Yokohama (Future vision of the authorities approach to waste)
● Everybody has been cooperating to achieve environmentally-friendly lifestyles and business styles in which we re all able
to contribute to 3R.
● We have created a garbage treatment system that places very little burden on the environment.
● We have achieved hygienic and clean towns.
● We have created towns in which no resident need worry about garbage.
Goals of the Plan
In addition to garbage separation and recycling, we are also working to also reduce
the total amount of garbage: we intend to reduce total garbage volume and
recyclable resources generated in FY2013 by three or more percent over 2009 figures,
and by ten or more percent by FY 2025.
We are also striving to reduce emissions of greenhouse effect gases and CO2. The
goal is to cut emissions generated in FY 2013 by ten or more percentage points over
2009 figures, and by fifty or more percentage points by FY 2025. In addition, we are
moving ahead with measures to guarantee safe and stable garbage treatment to
ensure that residents need not worry about garbage.
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Stepping up the 3R
Challenge
Reduce
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Reuse
Recycle
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Working to reduce
garbage to end global
warming
We intend to reduce the total
amount of garbage and recyclable resources by ten or
more percent by FY 2025
(over 2009 figures).
We intend to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by the treatment of garbage by fifty or more percent
by FY 2025 (over 2009 figures).
We will reduce volume by three
or more percent by FY 2013.
We will reduce emissions by ten
or more percent by FY 2013.
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Our mission: achieving
safe and stable garbage
treatment
We are striving to guarantee
safety, stability and peace-ofmind at all stages, from collection and transportation to
treatment and disposal.
Yokohama
3RDream!
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If everybody works on the 3R Dream
Action project, we can definitely achieve
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the Yokohama 3R Dream Plan!
Let s work together on
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making Yokohama slim
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The Yokohama 3R Dream Plan is now popular with both residents
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businesses. To spread the word about the 3R Dream
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with as many people as we can, we have designated FY2012 a 3R Dream Action Year. We are working on specific targeted
initiatives to get more and more people on board with the Plan. The goal is to achieve a sustainable community.
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○Use reusable shopping
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○Avoid throwing away
food in the home
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○Cutting use of plastic shopping
bags
○Offer more small-portion meal
choices at restaurants
○Set up more Personal Flask Spots
○Encourage use of doggie bags
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○Encourage appropriate disposal of garbage at incineration
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○Use non-disposable tableware, utilize reused furniture
instead of new furniture, etc.
○Utilize flea markets,
consignment shops, used
bookstore shops, etc.
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○Thoroughly separate plastics, plastic containers,
wrapping, etc.
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community: if residents,
businesses, and municipal
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○Provide information and
hold special seminars
on the environment,
and educate people
about our initiatives
Administration
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Yokohama
3RDream!
6 Adding [Reduce] to environment-friendly lifestyles
Keyword for reducing garbage: 3R
[3R] is a keyword for expressing environmental behavior that reduces garbage.
The three components of 3R are: R educing Reducing the amount of gar
bage generated
R eusing garbage as many times as possible
R ecycling resources through garbage separation
The first letter of each of the above represents the 3R concept.
Reduce is the answer !
Although separating and recycling garbage is extremely
important, incinerating and recycling garbage uses energy,
which results in CO2 emissions. Placing more importance of
Take greater care
of articles and use
them for longer.
Use everything
until it is no longer
usable without any
waste.
Select items that
can be repeatedly
used.
Purchase only
what you need.
Think of other ways
to use articles
before disposing of
them.
Don t accept
anything that will
immediately
become garbage.
the value of things and living in an eco-friendly manner
should lead to less garbage being generated. This is the
concept behind [Reduce]. It is also the most environmentallyfriendly keyword in all three of the 3R keywords.
ひろげませんか？リデュース行動
Can you make any improvements on your reduction abilities?
Purchase items singularly only
in the quantities you require.
Have you ever purchased
items in bulk and not been
able to use them all?
Purchase only the amount
that can be eaten fresh.
Do not leave food.
We ve all been to restaurants
where we couldn t eat
everything. If you know you
might not be able to finish
your food, try asking for less
rice, for example.
Ask for
less rice
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Take a Reusable Shopping
Bag when shopping.
Take your own drink flask
wherever you go.
Always keep a foldable Reusable
Shopping Bag in your handbag,
and never take more plastic
grocery bags than you need.
Bags with long handles
can be slung over the
shoulder to make even
heavy loads easy to
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carry.
Carrying around your own
herbal tea in a thermos
flask will mean that you
are always ready for a hot
cup of tea. This helps to
reduce plastic PET bottle
waste.
Repair broken articles to
get the best use out of
them.
Purchase products with
simple packaging
Purchase shampoo for
which refill packs are
available.
Refuse the disposable chopsticks
offered by convenience stores (take
your own chopsticks with you.)
Are the products you buy
wrapped in more packaging material than necessary? Try to choose items
that are simply wrapped.
This will prevent you
having to dispose of bulky
containers every time,
and will provide
economic
advantages.
Using your own chopsticks
rather than the
disposable ones
provided with
lunchboxes may
even make the
food taste better.
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Wouldn t it be
better to repair
your favorite
watch so it can
be handed down
to your children?
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The 3R Dream in Office Environments
I don t need
The plastic bags and wooden chopsticks that are provided
a bag.
when purchasing lunchboxes from convenience stores
are mostly tossed away after use, which is a huge waste.
28 convenience stores (as of October 1, 2011) in the Kannai area have adopted
initiatives together with local offices to reduce the number of plastic bags,
wooden chopsticks and other disposable items.
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3RDream!
Yokohama R (Reduce) Platform
The Yokohama R Platform was inaugurated in October 2010 in order to spread the word about the [Reduce] concept and
other [3R] initiatives through collaborative activities between the residents, companies and the administration of Yokohama, and it is designed so that everybody can take part in the promotional activities.
Website
A Platform attracting information and people!
A Platform on the Internet providing information on [Reduce]
and the other [3R] concepts where people can interact.
Yokohama R (Reduce) Platform Website
http://www.r-hiroba.jp/
The site not only provides
explanations on [Reduce] and
the other [3R] concepts, it also
includes information on a
wide range of initiatives and
events related to 3R.
Hosting and participating in events
Promoting the [Reduce] concept wherever we can!
We visit various districts and schools to hold seminars, we
operate booths in various local events, and we post panel
exhibitions...
We grab every opportunity we can to promote and spread
the word about the
[Reduce] concept.
Reduce…
Reuse…
Recycle…
Yokohama 3R Dream Supporters and Partners
Everybody pulling together! Everybody learning together!
All individuals and companies with the intention of adopting the Reduce and other 3R initiatives can sign up to participate on the Yokohama R (Reduce) Platform website.
Simply register to receive an e-mail magazine packed full
of information related to the Yokohama R (Reduce) Platform
and the 3R initiatives.
Apply for membership on the
website or with your QR Code
(registered
supporters of
the 3R Dream
only).
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shown above once you register.
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Yokohama R (Reduce) Committee
Supporting the materialization of new initiatives!
If you ever come up with a new idea for reducing garbage but don t
have the confidence to carry it out on your own, then please consult with us.
The Yokohama R (Reduce) Committee consists of representatives
from the general public, local companies and the administration of
Yokohama, and is involved in recommending and consulting about new
[Reduce] initiatives, as well as providing information, advertising and
introducing collaborators to each other in order to provide assistance to
people who come up with interesting ideas.
Contact us via the website or
your local office (3R Promotion Division) with your ideas
and inquiries.
A new system of reducing garbage, supported by the Yokohama R (Reduce) Platform
Campaign to reduce the use of food trays
The members of the Seya-ward Town Planning Residents Committee hosted the
[Fresh Eco Market] to encourage local residents to buy fresh food produce that is not
packed in food trays in collaboration with suppliers in order to reduce the amount of food
trays made from polystyrene and other resins that are sold in supermarkets and other
grocery stores.
Personal Flask Spots
In order to reduce the volume of Plastic PET bottles, cans, and
bottles, special Personal Flask Spots that sell drinks and provide
water for refilling flasks have been set up, as part of initiatives to
expand on use of personal flasks. We implement PR on these spots to
facilitate their popularization
★Personal Flask Spots total 114 (as of August 1, 2012)
Personal Flask Spot logo
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Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
Collecting Garbage and Recyclable Resources
Garbage and recyclables generated from households is systematically collected through the entire area of Yokohama.
In order to promote reduction and recycling of garbage and to treat the garbage appropriately, the understanding and
cooperation of Yokohama s citizens ensure meticulous separation of recyclables, proper disposal, and maintenance
of clean local collection points. We encourage them to follow the rules for reducing garbage and to keep the
city clean and beautiful.
1 Rules of disposal at local collection points
■ Please dispose garbage by 8:00 am on the collection day. ■ Incorrect items will not be collected.
Researching garbage separation on the net is easy!
and disposal of garbage and recyclables using the
QR code.
ョ ナ リ ー
http://cgi.city.yokohama.jp/shigen/bunbetsu/
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Twice
a week
Kitchen
waste
Twice
a week
Disposal
procedure
Use
semitransparDirty and Plastic items ent bags
malodorous (less than
papers
50 cm long)
<Other items>
Manganese batteries
Alkaline batteriess
Use
lithium primary
semibatteries
transparent bags
Submit button-type and rechargeable
batteries to stores that collect them.
Twice
a week
Twice
a week
Once
a week
* No pierce needed.
Before disposal,
empty the can
completely in a
safe place with
ventilation.
Spray cans
Glass and
ceramics, etc.
Use
semitransparent bags
Place items in the
box obtained at
the purchase or
newspapers and
describe the
contents using
Fluorescent lights words/phrases
or
and light bulbs glass
fluorescent light.
Rinse the
Plastic bags/
insides and
Bottles
food wrap
use
semiAll items with the
transparent
plastic containers/
bags.
packaging logo
Trays
<Other items>
Merchandise (such as video cassettes and
toys) → To burnable garbage if the items are
with any side less than 50 cm long
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Classification
of
separation
Cans, bottles,
and PET bottles
Major items
Small metal items
Frequency
of
collection
Frequency
of
collection
Once
a week
Once
a week
Used paper *Primarily offer to local community collection of recyclables (P13).
Paper bags Cardboard Magazines and other paper Newspapers
Plastic containers/packaging
Non-burnable
garbage
Spray cans
Dry cell batteries Burnable garbage
Classification
of
separation
http://m.city.yokohama.lg.jp/sj/
Twice
a week in
principle
Used cloth
ミ ク We open a website for mobile phones.
You can easily access the information on collection
days, separation dictionary, and separation
Twice
a week in
principle
Twice
a week in
principle
Twice
a week in
principle
Twice
a week in
principle
Major items
Cans, bottles,
and PET bottles
* Dispose of caps and labels of PET bottles as
plastic containers/wrapping and metal caps as
small metal items. * Cans and glass bottles of
food and beverages and plastic PET bottles
with the PET bottles logo
for/or beverages,
sake, mirin cooking wine or soy sauce.
Disposal
procedure
Use
semitransparent bags
Dispose of them
to local
collection points
without
* Separate the wire frame
semi-transparent
from the cloth portion of umbrellas and dispose
bags. Wrap sharp
of the wire frame as small metal items and the
objects such as
cloth or plastic portions as burnable garbage
blades in a thick
even if the umbrellas are less than 30 cm long.
paper and label
* Dispose of pots and frying pans as small metal
items that are less than 30 cm long without handles. it blade.
Metal items less
than 30 cm long
*Bundle
newspaper
inserts together
with
newspapers.
Fold into four
and bundle
with a paper
string in a
criss-cross
fashion.
*Dispose of dirty papers and
silver papers/foils as
burnable garbage.
Magazines:
Bundle with a
paper string in a
criss-cross fashion
Other paper: Put
the products in a
bag and bundle
with a paper string.
Newspapers
Other paper: Wrapping and
newspaper inserts,etc.
Magazines: Weekly magazines
and books,etc.
Cardboard
*Dispose of the items
with aluminum foil
inside those as
burnable garbage.
Paper bags
*Since items cannot be
Used cloth
recycled if they are wet
and are moldy, do not
dispose of them on
rainy days.
Fold and
bundle with
a paper
string in a
criss-cross
fashion.
Rinse with water
and cut it open,
dry it, and then
tie it up with an
appropriate
length of string.
Use
semitransparent
bags
Separation of plastic containers/packaging
Items that are plastic containers/packaging
marks are intended for the separation.
Containers
Bottles
Packaging
Tubes
Caps
Wrapping films of
cap needles
Trays
Packs
Trays for Bento
(packed lunch) and
grocery stores
Egg packs
Bags and films
Others
Food packs
for hams
Covers and caps
Labels of bottles
Nets
Nets and cushioning materials
Caps of
bottles
Containers of
eye lotions
Plastic bags
Wrapping of
yogurt
Discarded articles after using or taking off products
Packs of
drugs
Packs of
snacks
Containers of Tofu
and Natto
Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
All items with
Rinse once and discharge with
a semi-transparent bag.
Nets for
fruits
Items that are not plastic containers/packaging
Styrofoam
Repacking
containers
Discharge as burnable garbage
*Less than 50cm long
Plastic products
Merchandise that are made from plastic materials
Plastic hangers
Hoses
Rubber
gloves
Ballpoint
pens
Video tapes
Stationeries
Containers that are sold as merchandise
Portable
tanks
Toys
Cooler
boxes
Sandals
Plastic accessories
Plastic toyToothbrushes model
kits
Containers of
cups and
lunch boxes
Garbage
buckets
Purchased wraps and bags
for containers
Wraps for
home use
Note
Buckets
DVD/CD
cases
Straws
for
beverages
Plastic food
preservers
Measuring
spoons
Vinyl bags
and packs
forfreezers
Items that are
purchased as
containers/wrapping
are considered as
plastic products.
Always follow the separations rules!
Legal Obligation
Non-separated garbage will not be collected
Citizens and companies are both
legally obligated to separate garbage
and follow the rules of disposal when
putting our garbage for collection.
Garbage bags containing non-separated
garbage will have warning stickers attached to
them and will not be collected in order to warn
violators.
Fine (additional charge) system for people who do not follow the separation rules
Yokohama officials will open garbage bags containing non-separated garbage in order to inspect the contents.
Citizens and companies who repeatedly ignore the separations instructions will be subject to a fine (additional charge of ¥2,000.)
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Violators will be
instructed to carry
out appropriate
separation
2
Violators who still do not
carry out separation after
these instructions will be
issued with the advice to
improve their behavior
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Violators who still do not
carry out separation after
this advice will be issued
with the demand to
improve their behavior
4
Violators who still do not carry
out separation within one year
of the demand being issued will
be subject to an additional
charge (¥2,000)
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Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
2 Oversized garbage
Oversized garbage includes items made from metal that are 30 cm or longer and
items made from material (such as plastic or wood) that are 50 cm or longer.
For these items, you should make a reservation to be collected at cost.
Application and disposal
STEP 1
Apply by telephone or through the Internet.
You will be informed of collection
date, handling fees for each item, and
location.
*We regulate the collection fees by
item.
If you do not like to write down your name on the stickers for
oversized garbage, you can alternatively use marks or initial.
Please consult us as you apply.
Garbage is not picked up on the grounds of private residences. Also note that
for housing complexes, garbage is not picked up at individual doorways.
●Timings
Monday through Saturday and national holidays
(except New Year s holidays)
8:30 ‒ 17:00
STEP 2
●Application through the Internet
https://www.sodai.city.yokohama.lg.jp
*Reservations can be made by fax for those with
hearing or speaking disabilities.
Pay a handling fee and obtain a collection sticker.
● Please pay a handling fee by using a sheet exclusively meant for the
payment at a financial institution or postal office.
(Fees can be also paid at any financial institution or postal office outside
Yokohama)
Once a handling fee is paid,
it cannot be refunded.
Please note that collection
stickers cannot be reissued if
lost or damaged.
● Please purchase an oversized garbage ticket from a convenience store.
Regulated stores called Yokohama Oversized Garbage Tickets Shop sell these tickets.
STEP 3
Dispose of your oversized garbage.
● Please label each item with collection stickers and place them at the designated sites by 8:00
on the collection days.
● Oversized garbage is categorized as flammables, recyclables, and non-flammables. In some
cases, we collect each item at a different time or on different days.
Direct disposal
You can bring your oversized garbage
directly to the center yourself.
● We will inform you of the date, fee, and
location to dispose of your garbage.
● Collection fees
Please pay the same amount in collection fees that Yokohama City collects
garbage. Bring your items with the collection sticker.
Handing fee exemptions
<Intended household/family> Exemptions are available for: households receiv-
ing public financial assistance for welfare families; specified Japanese left in China and
their families receiving social assistance benefits; profoundly handicapped, mentallydisordered, or retarded individuals and their families; single-parent households receiving welfare and medicare certificates; households with elderly persons (over sixty-five
years old) requiring a high level of nursing care (level 4 or 5) of the public nursing-care
insurance, and single elderly citizens over seventy years old for whom a certificate has
been issued by chief of the Welfare and Insurance Center.
●Fees are exempted for *1 to 4 items every year.
(* From April until March of the following year)
Reuse of oversized garbage: provision of reused products
Furniture and other oversized garbage collected from normal
households that can still be used are displayed and provided to
citizens as reused items at events and at certain facilities run by
the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau.
Information on re-used furniture permanent exhibit
Location
Exhibit details
Konan Office
Aoba Office
(as of August 1, 2012)
Location
Exhibit details
Continuous
Izumi Office
Continuous
Continuous
Tsurumi Plant
Irregular
Totsuka Office
Continuous
Kanazawa Plant
Irregular
Sakae Office
Continuous
Tsuzuki Plant
Irregular
See the following Website for details: http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-shimin/20120620135513.html
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3 Disposal of air conditioners, TVs, electric refrigerators, electric freezers, laundry machines, and cloth driers
Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
On the basis of the Home Appliance Recycling Law, these products should
be collected and recycled by the manufacturers through the retailers. Please
ask the stores where the stores of original purchase or you are buying a new
appliance to collect your used appliance.
If you are unable to contact the original store of purchase due to some reasons such as The shop has no more
existed, It is difficult to ask the shop to pick it up because of a great distance, etc., make arrangements in Japanese with the Yokohama Home Appliance Recycling Promotion Council Reception Center (toll free), or contact
any store that has the identifying sticker (see right).
Fees
Yokohama City website
You must pay a recycling fee and a collection and transportation fee. Upon collection, please pay each fee.
(*There are two ways in which you will be required for pay
the recycling fee; either in cash or into a post office account.
Confirm the appropriate method when you apply for the
service.) Note that the cost of the collection and transportation fees for recycling articles depends on each manufacturer.
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-shimin/dashikata/das9.html
* Based on the Home Appliance Recycling Law, recycling is managed in line with the appliance recycling coupons. Please keep
them (Disposer s Coupon) as proof of receipt.
4 Others (items that are not collected by Yokohama City, collection service for animal carcasses)
Items that are not collected by Yokohama City
Single disposal of large amount garbage
Items that are difficult to handle
Construction waste
For bulk household garbage such as that
generated at once due to moving house or
trimming tree limbs, please bring it to a
disposal plant yourself (recyclables are not
accepted), or contact a company authorized
to collect and transport general waste by
Yokohama City. (Fees apply).
Please consult with the place where
you purchased the item or your local
Resources & Waste Recycling Bureau
Office concerning motorcycles, tires, car
batteries, fire extinguishers,
safes, pianos, gas cylinders,
kerosene, paint or medical items.
Please ask the company that
provided construction services to
handle any garbage produced as a
result of professional installations
such as tatami mats, gas equipment, bathtubs,
cement blocks and fences.
Business-related garbage
Please either take the garbage to an
appropriate processing facility, or
contact a company authorized to
collect and transport general waste.
The list of permittees in Yokohama
is shown on our website.
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/
shigen/sub-jigyo/jigyo/kyoka/
Garbage generated by fire and disaster
If you bring your garbage generated by
fire and disaster directly to the center, your
fee might be waved off in some cases.
Please contact your local Resources &
Waste Recycling Bureau Office.
Personal computer for home use
Please contact the manufacturer or PC3R Promotion Association directly (http://www.pc3r.jp/) for disposal of your computer
and for details on the corresponding handling fee.
Peripheral equipment such as printers and scanners are collected as oversized garbage or burnable garbage depending on
their size.
Collection service for animal carcasses
● Please contact your local Resources & Waste Recycling Bureau Office to apply for collection.
1. If you find a carcass of which owner is unknown, no fee is required.
2. If you wish to cremate your pet together with those of others (on-site collection), ¥6,500 fee is required.
(The ashes are not returned. Also, only applies to pets of less than 50kg in weight.)
● If you would like to take home the ashes, have a separate cremation, or bring your pet directly to the site of
joint cremation, make arrangements with Totsuka Ceremonial Hall (not toll free).
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Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
5 Support for putting out garbage
Support is provided to the elderly who live alone and have difficulty
putting out garbage, and to people who live in locations accessed by roads
too narrow to be navigated by collection trucks and nearby which no collection points have been established.
Types of
Collection
Details
Eligibilitys
Fureai Collection
(Garbage Collected from Inside Homes)
Oversized Garbage Collected
from Inside Homes
Garbage is collected directly
from the house in question s
land or from inside the front
door.
Garbage collectors will enter the
land or the home of the house in
question to collect the oversized
garbage.
* A representative will visit the
home in advance to confirm
the relevant details for
collection.
* There are cases when a
representative will inquire at
the door to determine if
collection is required or not
when garbage has not be put
out for a certain period of
time.
* Note that a certain amount of time will be required
from the initial request until the garbage is actually
collected. Also note that requested collection
dates cannot always be adhered to.
* The collection of excessively oversized garbage
that requires the following procedures will be
sub-contracted to outside companies.
• Items that require dismantling.
• Items that require other furniture to be moved
before collection can be made.
• Items that require a system of ropes and pulleys
to be collected.
Inaccessible Location
Collections
Light four-wheeled
vehicles will be used to
collect garbage from
locations accessed by
roads too narrow to be
navigated by normal
collection trucks for
which no collection
points have been established nearby.
*Local residents need to
determine locations
between themselves in order
for us to establish collection
points.
People living alone who meet any of the following conditions and who are unable to
People who live in
deliver their own garbage to the collection point (or specified point in the case of
locations accessed by
excessively oversized garbage) owing to family or acquaintances not being available
roads too narrow to be
to provide assistance.
navigated by collecPeople who live together with elderly people or infants who are unable to deliver
tion trucks and nearby
their own garbage to the collection point (or specified point in the case of excessively
to which no collection
oversized garbage) are also eligible for these services.
points have been
(1) People in possession of a Physical Disability Handbook
established.
(2) People in possession of a Mental Disability Handbook
(3) People in possession of a Mental Disability Social Welfare Insurance Handbook
Contact your local Office
(4) People certified to received nursing care (or support) through nursing care
if you have trouble
insurance
putting out garbage.
(5) People aged 65 or over who are unable to deliver their own garbage to collection
points
(6) People deemed in need of assistance by the office manager, such as pregnant
mothers and people with injuries (excessively oversized garbage only)
* There are cases in which people with family (spouses, parents, children, brothers and sisters, including
in-laws) living within the same property or nearby will not be eligible for the collection of excessively
oversized garbage directly from their homes.
■Garbage Collection Point Inquiry Center
Contact the inquiry center if the collection point in your area is often littered with
garbage and if maintenance and management is difficult owing to people ignoring
the rules.
Call your local Resources & Waste Recycling Bureau Office to receive suggestions
for measures and improvements that have been successful in other areas.
Requests may also be made for inspections to be carried out at collection points in
which people do not obey the separation rules, and explanatory meetings and
enlightenment activities related to garbage separation to be held.
Before
■Garbage Collection Point Improvement Squad
Representatives of the collection office will actively get together with local
residents to improve collection points, etc. for which many inquiries have been
received in order to make them easier to keep clean.
The Improvement Squad will also provide a wide range of ideas and information of
techniques, etc.
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After
6 Depot collection of recyclables
Recyclable
collection
box
Location
112 facilities used by the citizens, for
example, sport centers, community
centers, and ward offices.
Timings
The respective office hours
of each center
Collecting
items
Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
Local residents may directly deliver all old newspapers, clothes
and other recyclables to the recyclable collection box, Center
Recycle and the Konan Recyclable Collection Center that are
available.
Used paper (newspapers,
magazines, and other papers
and paper packs) and used cloth
*Corrugated cardboards cannot be collected.
Location
Center
Recycle
The Resources and Waste Recycling Office of each
ward except the Midori-ku, where the depot is at
the Nagasakadani Yard.
Accepting
days
Monday to Saturday except for December 29 to
January 3 every year
Timings
9:00 to 16:00 (except between 11:30 and 13:30)
Collecting
items
Used paper (newspapers, magazines, other papers, paper packs,
and corrugated cardboard), used cloth, cans, bottles, PET bottles
(for beverage and foods), plastic containers/packaging, and recyclables
such as small metal items
*At the Nagasakadani Yard, only used paper, used cloth, and plastic containers/packaging are collected.
Konan
Recyclable
Collection
Center
Location
3-1-2 Hino-minami Konan-ku
Timings
9:00 to 21:00
Holidays
Inspection days (second Wednesday in January, the first
Wednesday of every other month) and December 29 to
January 3 every year
* The inspection day moves to the next business day if an inspection
day is a national holiday.
Collecting
items
Reuse
Archives
（ （
Known as
the
[Residents
Cosmos
Archives]
only in
Isogo-ku
Used paper (newspapers, magazines, other papers and
paper packs, and corrugated cardboards), used cloth, cans,
bottles, and PET bottles (for beverage and foods)
Location
30 locations in district libraries, certain ward offices and community centers.
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/jimusho/shi9.html
Timings
During the opening hours of each facility
Collecting
items
Unwanted books (excluding brochures, pamphlets or other
journals advertising companies, political activities or
religious activities, books unsuitable for the healthy growth
of children, and books that are remarkably soiled or
damaged.)
* Note that there are cases in which the books submitted to
the Reuse Archives may be donated to libraries.
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Collecting Garbage and
Recyclable Resources
7 The local community collection of recyclables
Community councils, town councils, children s councils, elderly clubs, and the PTA collect used papers, used cloth, metals, and bottles
regularly to hand over to regulated sites from each household that voluntarily cooperates with them by facilitating the transfer of all
recyclables to designated recyclables collection traders. We call this system the local community collection of recyclables.
A majority of the communities we know are committed to reducing the volume of garbage and to recycling everything that is recyclable;
most communities express a sense of solidarity with these objectives.
Under the Yokohama 3R Dream Plan, our goal is to recover fully
100% of used paper by recyclable resource collectors by
FY2013. We hope that everyone will help us out by taking an
active stance on this plan!
* Please note the fact that business waste generated by companies and stores cannot
be collected by our systems.
■Accomplishments
Accomplishments
FY 2007
Organizations
Breakdown
Volume (t)
Used papers
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
3,884
3,902
3,987
4,021
4,091
184,223
181,582
180,771
185,791
189,534
178,571
174,314
172,805
176,460
178,741
Used cloth
4,766
6,317
6,990
8,298
9,578
Metal items
865
931
960
1,013
1,168
21
20
17
20
47
Bottles
* Figures have been rounded up, so the total amount collected may not always match up with the breakdown.
When you start the local community collection of recyclables
Details such as collection items and methods for
collecting should be discussed between all concerned
parties, including the recyclables collection traders. After
that, you would need to register on the list as a collection organization. Your active commitment will always
be appreciated.
*To register for one of the organizations, either access
the Community Collection of Recyclables website
(see below) or contact your local Resources & Waste
Recycling Bureau Office or community tie-up section
in the Business Affairs division of your town hall.
Subsidy awarded for the local community collection of recyclables
Any organization that
registers itself on the Yokohama City list can obtain
subsidies in accordance
with its collection volume.
The subsidy is set at ¥3 per
kilogram of recyclables.(FY
2012)
Check the description of the local community collection of recyclables on our website
[URL] http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-shimin/syudan/
What is the local community collection of recyclables?
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Procedures
We describe in detail that system of the local community
collection of recyclables and its differences with the collection conducted by the administration (agencies that are a
part of Yokohama City).
Procedures such as applications for subsidy are
explained on the website.
Collection day and area information
Download
We describe information with regard to collection days
and areas, making it easier for you to participate in the local
community collection of recyclables (the information does
not include the names of organizations that do not wish to
be published).
Some registration forms may be
downloaded from on the website.
Print out all necessary forms.
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Promoting Environmental Activities
The Environmental Project Committee members are endorsed by regional authorities and neighborhood
associations, and delegated by the mayor to perform 3R activities in order to reduce regional garbage and eradicate
the greenhouse effect, and to maintain and promote the beauty and cleanliness of all areas.
The number of members on the Environmental Project Committee has reached 4,473 people (as of May 31, 2012.)
■The Main Activities of the Environmental Project Committee Members
Organizing activities in the community and town councils
Promoting
Environmental Activities
1 Environmental project committee member program
● Popularizing the separation of garbage at local collection points
● Holding social gatherings and other events aimed at encouraging people to take
part in local 3R activities and at spreading the word, enlightening and providing
information related to these activities.
● Initiatives implemented to clean up the city by preventing illegal garbage
disposal and littering.
Initiatives implemented by ward and area
● Participation in and cooperation with the 3R activities, training courses, site visits
and other events organized by ward and area cooperatives.
● Collaborating with local organizations
Initiatives implemented to popularize the separation of garbage in local activities
2 Yokohama environmental action award: Yokohama 3R Dream commendation
The new Yokohama 3R Dream award is presented to the people, organizations and companies that have
achieved the most success in promoting the reduction and recycling of garbage in a wide range of regional
activities for the purpose of promoting 3R activities and making sure that they become part of the fabric of
local society.
1
Yokohama 3R Dream Action Promoters
4
Individuals and organizations that have successfully
promoted the Yokohama 3R Dream Plan through
recycling activities, providing instruction on garbage
separation, and educating people on the subject.
Individuals and organizations that have promoted
clean and beautiful towns through clean-out
activities and afforestation
8 individuals and 8 organizations
2
Companies recognized for their
excellence in 3R activities
Companies/organizations succeeding in
3R activities
31 companies
3
Certification for excellent companies
collecting and carrying household waste
Companies that have contributed to appropriate
processing and separation/disposal of
commercial waste
4 companies
Promoters of clean and beautiful towns
17 individuals and 34 organizations
5
Long-term services for the
environmental project committee
Members of environmental project committee
that have been committed to activities in local
communities for several years
309 individuals
334 citizens
42 organizations and 35 companies Total 411
(Results for fiscal 2011)
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3 Measures by region and by household
Subsidy for purchasing compost containers for household use
Promoting
Environmental Activities
In order to reduce and recycle kitchen waste generated from households, Yokohama City subsidizes
citizens in their purchase of compost containers, which ferment and decompose the kitchen waste
by the means of microorganisms that are present in soils. Make sure you submit your application
before purchasing your composter.
Details
Within ¥3,000 per container and a limit of two long-lasting containers
(five years or more) with capacity of 70 liters or more per household
The qualified People living in the city of Yokohama who can make use the
individuals generated compost effectively.
Application April 01, 2012, to January 31, 2013. (This offer will end when appliPeriod
cations exceed the budgeted number of composters (800).)
Contact us by telephone, postcard, e-mail, or through
Application our website. Please note your address, name, telephone
number, and number of container(s) when applying
through our website
Website
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-shimin/nama-eda/nama/gen1-2.html
Subsidies on purchases of electrical kitchen waste processors for household use
We subsidize citizens purchases of electrical kitchen waste processors in order to
encourage the reduction and recycling of kitchen waste discharged from households.
Before purchasing such processors, therefore, please contact us.
Subsidy
amount
Purchasing
period
Application
period
The number
of subsidies
available
Qualified
individuals
Half of the purchase price limited to a maximum of ¥10,000
(omit the figure less than ¥100)
April 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013
April 1, 2012 to March 10, 2013
500 processors (one processor per household) on a first-come
first-serve basis
Individuals who are qualified to receive these subsidies include
citizens living in Yokohama who are willing to that take the
responsibility of setting up and using a processor and utilizing
the compost heaps. Citizens who have already been subsidized are
not eligible again.
Applicable Electrical kitchen waste processors for household use.
models The disposer-type models are not included in this scheme.
Website
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-shimin/nama-eda/nama/gen2.html
Demonstrative kitchen waste biogas experiment
In order to reduce kitchen waste, which accounts for 30% or more of all
combustible garbage, and make the best possible use of recyclable resources,
approximately 600 households in Kanazawa agreed to take part in a biogas
experiment between December 2011 and March 2012, in which kitchen waste was
collected and converted into biogas.
We intend to continue with the demonstrative kitchen waste biogas experiment
into the future.
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Draining water from kitchen waste
Water and moisture in kitchen waste is the main cause of putrefaction and foul odors. Try to reduce
water content prior to disposal.
As far as possible, do not
allow kitchen waste to get wet.
Allow peelings from vegetables,
etc., to dry before disposal.
※Place kitchen waste generated while cooking into a
triangular corner edge of the sink or in a strainer
placed on the drain will help drain excess water
from the garbage.
POINT
2
Dry kitchen waste
Wring all excess water from tea
leaves and tea-bags and dry them
before disposal.
POINT
3
Wring out kitchen waste whenever possible.
Get rid of the water in garbage…
and watch odors dissipate ！
Less water means your
garbage is lighter,
making it easier to put out ！
Wring out
kitchen waste
Promoting
Environmental Activities
POINT
1
So remember
to wring out
garbage！
In addition, the garbage is more efficiently
burned when it gets to
the incinerator plant. More power ！
Mixing garbage with soil
One initiative designed to reduce garbage is the method of mixing garbage with soil until it breaks
down. We are now attempting to popularize this simple method, which involves mixing kitchen waste
with soil and placing it in a planter. Microbes in the soil break down the garbage and convert it to
nutrients for the soil. This method not only reduces kitchen waste but also creates quality soil for
growing flowers and vegetables.
■ What to bring: a planter, kitchen waste, and soil
■ Instructions
① Mix kitchen waste cut into 2-3 cm size pieces and mix with soil.
② Place the mixture of garbage and soil in the planter.
③ Cover the garbage with the soil so that the garbage is not visible.
④ Repeat steps 1-3 as you add more of the garbage. When the planter is full, mix all the garbage and soil.
Once the garbage is broken down and disappears, the process is complete (approximately 3-4 weeks).
1
2
3
4
Soil covering
the garbage
Kitchen waste
& soil
※For details, see the Resources Recycling Section at your Municipal Office, or the Resources and Waste Recycling Office (p.33).
This information is also available on the following Website:
City of Yokohama Resources & Waste Recycling Bureau:
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-shimin/nama-eda/nama/gen1-6.html
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Using and Recycling Resources
1 Flow of recycling procedures
A part of burned ashes is recycled as follows;
(Suspended as of 2010)
Incineration
plant
Landfill site
Using and Recycling
Resources
(Incineration) *1
*2
Burnable garbage
Oversized garbage
Burnables
Incineration
plant *1
Landfill site *2
Recyclables
Stockyard
Recycling
companies
Nonburnables
(within plants) Selling
Landfill site *2
Resource
Separation
Facility
Cans
(separation
and
compression)
*3
Selling
Stockyard
Dry-cell batteries
(Shimmeidai
Reclaimed
Land)
Outsourcing
recyclable
resource
handling
Recycling
companies
Recycling
companies
Small metal items
Selling
Spray cans
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● At the Kanazawa Plant, the
metal in the ashes is collected
and recycled (Kanazawa Plant).
Metal products are reused for use as raw
materials in construction.
Furniture and other articles that can be
reused are provided to residents
through events and similar venues. (P9)
Aluminum cans:
become aluminum alloys by some
procedures and are recycled for
the production of cans again.
Steel cans:
are recycled and used for
construction as metal materials.
Zinc, Iron and other
metals are recycled
as construction
materials.
Recycling
companies
The materials are
recycled to produce
metal products and used
for construction.
Construction materials
Private
separation
and
treatment
facilities
(removing
foreign
substances
and press)
Slag
Construction materials
Stockyard
(Resource
Separation
Facilities
and the
Shimmeidai
Reclaimed
Land)
● The molten slag is utilized as subgrade
material for roads (Kanazawa Plant).
Selling
Recycling
companies
Aluminum cans:
become aluminum alloys by some
procedures and are recycled for the
production of cans again.
Steel cans:
are recycled and used for construction as
metal materials.
Separation is the
first step toward
*1: Incineration Plants …………… Four plants in Tsurumi, Asahi,
recycling !
Kanazawa and Tsuzuki.
(Hodogaya Plant has closed temporarily
and is currently being used as a backup plant.)
*2 Landfill sites …………………… Minami Hommoku Waste Landfill Site
*3 Resource Separation facilities…Resource Separation Centers in Kanazawa, Midori, and Totsuka
and the Tsurumi Recycling Center
*4 Costs paid by municipalitys……Costs incurred for recycling of plastics are covered by the recycling companies,
but because small businesses are exempt from creating new products from recycled materials,
this portion is covered by the municipalities.
(separation)
Bottles
*3
Plastic containers/
packaging
Delivery
(other bottles)
Outsourcing recyclable
resource handling
Recycled as material for road
surfaces and land-fills, etc.
Road surface material
(separation
and
packing) *3
● The items are recycled to
Recycling
corporation
designated
by the
Delivery Japanese
Government
Recycling
companies
Private Delivery Recycling
corporation
intermediate
designated
treatment
by the
facilities
Japanese
(removing
Government
foreign
substances
and packing)
Recycling
companies
Outsourcing recyclable
resource handling
（paid by municipality ※4）
Stockyard
Used paper
(four items)
Recycling
companies
Bottles are recycled as crushed glass (cullet) that
is used to produce new bottles and as starting
material for the production of blocks and tiles.
(glass fragments)
Resource
Separation
Facilities
Plastic PET bottles
(colorless or
brown bottles)
Recycling
companies
Recycling corporation
designated by the
Japanese Government
Using and Recycling
Resources
Resource
Separation
Facilities
Selling
(within
plants)
Selling
Recycling
companies
produce textile goods
(uniforms, carpets, and
shirts,) egg packs,
product packaging, PET
bottles and other
resources
Containers/packaging are recycled
as raw materials for plastic items
such as artificial wooden materials
and palettes, reducing agents in
blast furnaces, chemical raw
materials for coke furnaces, and raw
materials for the chemical industry
including oil and ammonia.
Palette
Source: The Japan Containers
And Packaging Recycling
Association
The recycled products are categorized as follows:
Paper of newspapers:
newspapers and weekly magazines
Magazines and other papers:
cardboard boxes and illustrated books
Paper packs: toilet papers
Corrugated cardboard:
corrugated cardboard boxes and paper tubes
● Reused as used clothes
Stockyard
(within
plants)
Selling
Recycling
companies
Used cloth
Non-burnable garbage
fluorescent lights
and electric bulbs
Landfill sites *2
Private
intermediate
treatment facilities
(breaking bags
and removing
oreign substances)
Outsourcing
recyclable
resource
handling
Recycling
companies
● Recycled as textile wastes for
cleansing oil of machines
● Recycled as cotton raw
material and used for cushion
materials and heat insulators
Glass is recycled to produce
glass wool, while mercury,
aluminum, and iron are recycled
for use as raw material in
industries.
Glasswool
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2 Details on turning garbage into resources
Recycling of plastic containers/packaging
Citizens
Using and Recycling
Resources
Discharge plastic
containers/packa
ging in
accordance with
the separation
rule
Yokohama
City
Differential
treatment
The Japan
Containers And
Packaging Recycling
Association
Separation
and collection
Take-over
contract
Companies
Pay for recycling costs
for the production of
containers, for wrapping
merchandises, and on the
import amounts.
Paying for the Delivering
processing cost containers
Offering
merchandises
Separates and collects
garbage and hands it
over to recycling
companies
Manufacturers
of plastic
containers
Manufacturers and
sellers of foods
Consumers (you)
Paying for the
processing cost
Recycling
companies
Paying costs
Taking over
Conduction of recycling
Source: Website of the Japan Containers And Packaging Recycling Association
■Achievement of recycling of plastic
containers/packaging
(unit: ton)
Plastic containers/
packaging
Recycling companies
recycle the items to
create artificial wooden
materials and palettes as
recyclables.
Tendering
Delivering
Recycling companies
recycle plastic containers/
packaging through recycling
corporations designated by
the Japanese Government.
Selling re-created products
FY 2008
48,342
FY 2009
48,553
FY 2010
48,958
FY 2011
48,173
Recycling of cans, bottles, and plastic PET bottles
We separate and collect
discarded cans, bottles, and
PET bottles.
Then, we recycle them as
recyclables.
■Achievement of recycling of cans, bottles, and plastic PET bottles
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
4,413
4,582
4,672
4,571
Steel can
6,219
6,069
5,818
5,666
27,183
27,408
27,526
Aluminum can
Glass bottle
27,285
Plastic PET bottle
12,241
12,087
12,421
12,649
Total
50,158
49,921
50,319
50,412
Flow of waste reclamation after intermediate treatment
Kanazawa Recyclable Resource Separation Center
Midori Recyclable Resource Separation Center
Totsuka Recyclable Resource Separation Center
Selling by item
as recyclables
Steel can
Colorless•Brown
Recycling
Tsurumi Recycling Center
Aluminum can
Glass bottle
Collection
■Flow of separation and collection of cans, bottles, plastic PET bottles (Results for fiscal 2011)
Separating items
in each facility
(unit: ton)
Handing over to designated
corporations
Sub-contracted out for
conversion into resources
Other colors
Glass fragments
Handing over to
designated
corporations
Plastic PET bottle
Discharging bag
* Discharging bag refers to the translucent bag used for discharging cans,
bottles, and plastic PET bottles.
Collected cans and bottles are
separated in resource separation facilities;
cans are separated by material and
bottles are separated by color. Cans and
colorless and brown bottles are sold by
item as recyclables.
In addition, bottles other than
colorless and brown bottles as well as
plastic PET bottles are delivered to
companies that make new products out
of them in accordance with the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
through the Japan Containers and
Packaging Recycling Association, an
organization designated by the
Japanese Government.
Recycling of used papers, used cloth, and metal items
We sell used papers, used cloth, oversized garbage items (oversized metal) and small metal items and
channel them toward recycling.
■Results of converting old newspapers and clothes into resources
(unit: ton)
Used papers
Used cloth
Total
19
■ Results of converting large and small metallic objects into resources
(unit: ton)
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
35,417
25,999
17,478
12,502
4,350
3,473
2,551
1,967
39,767
29,472
20,029
14,469
Total
Kireina Machini (Beautiful City) Yokohama FY 2012
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
Oversized metal
6,603
Small metal items
4,977
6,406
6,657
6,752
5,124
5,384
5,508
11,580
11,530
12,041
12,260
Education for Recognition and Environmental Learning
1 3R Dream educational facilities
We have established educational facilities to provide information
related to garbage and environmental issues in order to strengthen
the understanding of citizens in a fun way.
Exhibitions
on Garbage
and
Environmental
Issues
3R Dream
Seminars
*Entrance to all facilities is free of charge
Hosting
Hands-on
Workshops and
other Events
3R Dream Learning Space Tsurumi
【Opening Hours】09:00 to 16:30 (last entrance available at 16:00)
【Address】1-15-1 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku 【C l o s e d 】Sundays, national holidays, during inspections of the Tsurumi Plant,
New Year holiday (December 28 to January 4)
(inside the Resources and Waste
Recycling Bureau s Tsurumi Plant) 【W e b s i t e 】http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/kojo/tsurumik/tsurukou-hiroba.html
【Opening Hours】09:00 to 12:00, 13:00 to 16:00
【C l o s e d 】Sundays, national holidays, during inspections of the Asahi Plant,
New Year holiday (December 28 to January 4)
【Address】2-8-1 Shirane, Asahi-ku
(inside the Resources and Waste
Recycling Bureau s Asahi Plant) 【W e b s i t e 】http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/kojo/asahik/3rmhiroba.html
3R Dream Learning Space Kanazawa
【Opening Hours】09:00 to 12:00, 13:00 to 16:30 (last entrance available at 16:00)
【C l o s e d 】Sundays, national holidays, during inspections of the Kanazawa
【Address】2-7-1 Sachiura, Kanazawa-ku
Plant, New Year holiday (December 28 to January 4)
(inside the Resources and Waste
Recycling Bureau s Kanazawa Plant) 【W e b s i t e 】http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/kojo/kanazawak/14slim-hiroba/
3R Dream Learning Space Tsuzuki
【Opening Hours】09:00 to 16:30 (last entrance available at 16:00)
【C l o s e d 】Sundays, during inspections of the Tsuzuki Plant, New Year holiday
【Address】27-1 Hiradai, Tsuzuki-ku
(December 28 to January 4)
(inside the Resources and Waste
Recycling Bureau s Tsuzuki Plant) 【W e b s i t e 】http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/kojo/tsuzukik/3rmhiroba/
Education for Recognition
and Environmental Learning
3R Dream Learning Space Asahi
3R Dream Learning Space Konan
【Opening Hours】09:00 to 12:00, 13:00 to 16:00
【Address】8-4-41 Konandai, Konan-ku (inside the Resources and Waste
【Address】8-4-41 Konandai, Konan-ku
Recycling Bureau s Konan Office)
(inside the Resources and Waste
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http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/jimusho/konan/works/rec.html#top_1
Recycling Bureau s Konan Office)
Play Park Sakae
【Address】1570-1 Kamigo-cho, Sakae-ku
【Opening Hours】09:00 to 12:00, 13:00 to 16:00
【C l o s e d 】Sundays, New Year holiday (approximately one month)
【W e b s i t e 】http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shigen/sub-soshiki/jimusho/sakae/purepaku.html
2 Facility observation tour and, 3R Dream supplementary readers
Elementary school children and local residents are now able to visit our incineration plants in order to better understand the 3R Dream initiatives.
To the greatest possible extent, we are also distributing the Making Links for the
Future: Yokohama 3R Dream! supplementary training reader to fourth-graders in
order to enhance their awareness of reducing garbage and implementing recycling
on a daily basis from an early age.
For kids: Io Town
Io Town, a page designed especially
for kids, is found on the City of Yokohama
Resources & Waste Recycling Bureau.
Illustrating the 3R recycling process with
pictures, Io Town makes learning about the
environment fun and easy for kids.
Search Io Town on a
Website search engine, or
access the page from the
banner at the top of the City
of Yokohama Resources &
Waste Recycling Bureau.
Click on the banner here!
Kireina Machini (Beautiful City) Yokohama FY 2012
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