Types of Garbage and How to Dispose of them（ごみの種類と出し方）

In Yao City, the garbage from home by sorting garbage into eight different groups, ‘burnable garbage’, ‘recyclable garbage’, ‘plastic container packaging’, ‘PET bottles’, ‘landfill garbage’, ‘compound garbage’, ‘portable gas cylinders / spray bottles’ and ‘bulk garbage’.
Collection dates are set by neighborhood, so please check the collection calendar.


Both basic and additional sets of city-designated garbage bags for home use are distributed at the following locations:
-    City-Designated Garbage Bag Distribution Counter No.12, 1st Floor, City Hall Main Building (1-1-1, Honmachi, Yao city)
-    Recycling Society Promotion Section (5-2-2 Takami, Yao city)
-    Branch Offices
-    Community Centers

A post card that may be exchanged for garbage bags is sent out twice a year, in March and September, to those who have registered for personal distribution and are not part of the neighborhood association.

*City-designated garbage bags for community use are distributed at branch offices and community centers.

☆Garbage will not be collected unless it is in the correct designated bag for household garbage. Designated bags cannot be used for garbage from shops or business offices, or from communal areas of apartment complexes or similar facilities.
☆Please deposit ‘portable gas cylinders / spray bottles’ in separate see-through bags. Place them next to the bags containing burnable garbage, on the ‘burnable garbage’ collection days.
☆You need to make a reservation by phone for collection of ‘Sodai Gomi (bulky waste)’; ‘recyclable electric appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and TVs (including cathode-ray tube TVs, Liquid-crystal display TVs, and plasma display panel TVs); washing machines; and clothes dryers’, and ‘Rinji Gomi (extra waste)’.  The special line for applications is #0800-222-9966 (no charge.) When calling from a cell phone or PHS, the number is #072-923-9966 (charge applies.) Calls will be received Monday through Friday (including weekday public holidays) from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

• Bulky Garbage (Cost money, up to eight items per collection)

  The charge for bulky garbage is 400 yen per item. If the total of the three measurements (height, width and depth) of an item is more than three meters, then the charge for that item is 800 yen. However, there are exceptions for certain articles. For more details, please ask the reception center when applying. {Electric appliances that do not fit designated bags (excluding recyclable home appliances, and computers with a PC recycle mark,) furniture, etc.}

• Recyclable Home Appliances (Cost money)

  Refrigerators and freezers, air conditioning units, televisions (braun tube, LCD, plasma,) washing machines, clothes dryers.

• Special Garbage (Cost money)

  Garbage produced when moving house, high-volume garbage produced from a major clearance (excluding recyclable electric appliances)

• 粗大ごみ（有料・1回につき8点まで）　1点につき400円。なお、3辺（高さ・幅・奥行き）の長さの合計が3メートルを超えるものについては、1点につき800円。ただし、一部の例外品目があります。詳しくは、お申込みの際に受付センターにご確認ください。【指定袋に入らない電化製品（リサイクル家電・PCリサイクルマーク付パソコンを除く）家具類など】
• リサイクル家電（有料）　冷蔵庫・冷凍庫、エアコン、テレビ（ブラウン管式・液晶式・プラズマ式）、洗濯機・衣類乾燥機
• 臨時ごみ（有料）　引越しなどに伴うごみ、一時的にたくさん出るごみ（リサイクル家電を除く）

 ごみの出し方ハンドブックなどについてはこちらをご参照ください。

Concerning garbage collections（ごみの収集について）…Environmental Project Section（環境事業課）　TEL 072-991-6254
Concerning special garbage bags（指定ごみ袋について）…Recycling Society Promotion Section（循環型社会推進課）  TEL 072-924-3866