• Sort non-burnable garbage into the following categories and set out on

designated days at the designated pickup spot in your neighborhood:

① (steel/aluminum cans); ② ;

(③Colourless, ④Brown, or ⑤Other colours);

⑥ ; ⑦ ; ⑧ ;

(⑨Newspaper, ⑩Magazine / Flyers; ⑪Cardboard Boxes,

⑫Paper boxes / wrapping paper, ⑬Cartons); ⑭ in Landfill

Waste; and ⑮Batteries in .

• For more information, see “How to Sort and Set out Household Garbage.”

PET Bottles (Table-use)Cans (Table-use)

Glass Bottles (Table-use)

Plastic Containers & Packaging

Other Plastic Waste Metals / Home Appliances

Recyclable Paper

Ceramics

Hazardous Waste

PROPER GARBAGE SORTING IS…

• For more information, consult Takaoka City’s complete garbage sorting

guide (“How to Sort and Set out Household Garbage,” available in

English, Chinese, Portuguese, and Vietnamese) and your area’s garbage

Pickup Calendar. Please sort into burnable and non-burnable garbage

and set out on designated days at the designated pickup spot in your

neighborhood.

https://www.city.takaoka.toyama.jp/kankyo/kurashi/gomi/kate/dashikata.html

※ Missorted garbage and garbage placed in non-accepted bags will be left behind.

Environmental Service Section, Takaoka City Hall ☎２２－２１４４

①BURNABLE GARBAGE ②NON-BURNABLE GARBAGE

Burnable garbage is

collected twice a week on

(Mon & Thurs) or (Tue & Fri),

according to your area’s

calendar.

▶Access Takaoka

City’s complete

garbage sorting

guide from the QR

Code

To be set out on the designatedday.

Cans for

Table UseDry-Cell BatteriesSpray Cans

PET Bottles

for Table Use Metals / Appliances

Kitchen Waste

（drain well）

Non-Recyclable

Paper ※2*

Clothing

Mayonnaise /

Ketchup Bottles

Shoes

Blanket, Comforter,

Bedding ※1

Wooden Furniture※1

BURNABLE GARBGE

DO NOT USE THIS BAG FOR…

Leaves, Grass, Branches※1

※1 Cut into pieces that fit the garbage bag.

※2 In particlar paper with nylon or

aluminum foil

Takaoka City’s

Designated Bag for

Burnable Garbage

(kitchen waste, etc.)

CansPET Bottles Metals & AppliancesHazardous

Waste

The designated Burnable Garbage Bag should ONLY be used for burnable garbage.

Designated Garbage Bag for Plastic Containers

and Packaging

Non-burnable garbage is

collected twice a month, in

the 1st & 3rd weeks or the

2nd & 4th weeks, according

to your area’s calendar.

▶Access Takaoka

City’s complete

garbage sorting

guide from the QR

Code

Plastic Containers

& PackagingCaps and Labels of

PET Bottles

Trays and Packs Cups

Packaging Film Plastic Bags

Cushioning Material

Nets

Other Bottles

(Non Table-use)Caps

PET Bottles

for Table Use

Plastic toys, CDs, etc.Cans

for Table Use

Hangers,

Toothbrushes, etc.

Other Plastic Waste (place in see-through bags)

CansPET Bottles

The pink designated garbage bag should ONLY be used for plastic waste with the following mark:

To be set out on the designatedday.

DO NOT USE THIS BAG FOR…

• Takaoka City’s pink designated garbage bag (for plastic containers and

packaging) should be used for plastic waste with this mark , including

caps and labels of PET bottles, packaging film, plastic bags, cushioning

material, trays and packs, cups, nets, other bottles, and caps.

• Takaoka City’s designated Burnable Garbage Bag should only be used for

burnable garbage such as the above (kitchen waste, clothing, etc.)

• Table-use PET bottles, cans and glass bottles, metallic waste & home

appliances, used spray cans, and hazardous waste such as batteries

should NOT be put into the designated Burnable Garbage Bag.

EVERYONE’S RESPONSBILITY!

https://www.city.takaoka.toyama.jp/kankyo/kurashi/gomi/kate/dashikata.html

③Non-Burnable Garbage Etiquette

Cans (Table-use)

We can keep Takaoka clean

together!

Colourless Brown Other

Glass Bottles (Table-use)

PET Bottles(Table-use)

PET BottlesCans

For detailed garbage sorting instructions,

access Takaoka City’s

complete garbage sorting guide

(“How to Sort and Set out Household Garbage”)

from the QR code.

Sort well before setting out at the pickup spot!

https://www.city.takaoka.toyama.jp/kankyo/kurashi/gomi/kate/documents/2020wakekata.pdf

•Rinse and clean the inside.

•If possible, crush to reduce volume.

•Cans for candies and seaweedcan be recycled here.

•Caps of beer and juice bottles & can tabs can be recycled here.

•Rinse and clean the inside.

•If possible, crush to reduce volume.

•Labels and capsshould be recycled inside the pink designated garbage bag.

•Recycle PET bottles of all sizes.

•Rinse and clean the inside.

•Sort glass bottles by colour into 3

baskets: , , .

•You can set out glass bottles with labels glued on.

•Sort into green basket if it’s difficult to tell the colour.

Colourless Brown Other

Other

④Pickup Spot for Non-Burnable Garbage

Glass Bottles (Table-use)

Sort well before setting out!

Cans (Table-use)

PET Bottles(Table-use) Plastic

Containers & Packaging

Other Plastics

Recyclable Paper

Metals & Home Appliances

Ceramics

Colourless Brown

Hazardous Waste（Lighters・Dry Batteries）

Burnable Garbage………………………… (Designated Burnable Garbage Bag)

Non-Burnable Garbage

& Each Week

Time: □□：□□ ～ □□：□□

of Weeks □ ・ □ Each Month

Time： □□：□□ ～ □□：□□

Thank you for your coope-ration!

⑤Garbage Pickup Schedule

Feel free to Write in Your Area’s Schedule

Other

Locations may vary

https://www.city.takaoka.toyama.jp/kankyo/kurashi/gomi/kate/documents/2020wakekata.pdf