Higashimatsushima Recycling
By broadly promoting the town’s zero-waste initiative and effecting changes in people’s mindsets, its aim is to enlighten society about the need for zero waste. Not only does the Zero Waste Center offer people from Kamikatsu and elsewhere a venue to come together, but it also confronts them with the problem of waste by giving visitors and hotel guests the first-hand experience of sorting trash. To improve the quality of consumer life for city residents, the center conducts various programs such as lectures on consumer issues and healthy fish recipe classes. Residents bring various "resources" to the garbage station and sort them into more than 45 categories. The final step is called polymerization — that is, making new polymers, the long molecular chains of monomers, the building blocks that form plastics. The BHET goes through a melt and solid phase polymerization process that produces PET flakes that can then be turned into new PET bottles or higher value-added products such as anti-corrosive PET film for aluminum drink cans made by Toyo Seikan.
If the retailers become authorized businesses, they can also collect these items. The national government has set a target of achieving 20% collection rate, for the country as a whole, of the total weight of the end-of-life small home appliances. A fee is charged for the collection of business-related recyclable resources.
Please first purchase a home appliance recycling ticket at the post office. AreaKanto AreaShirai Eco-Center Iriya Base is a designated drop-off site for recycled home appliances. Incineration system for waste that cannot be recycled, wastes 石巻 不用品回収 from Fukuyama steel plant, and industrial waste from the area. The center conducts intermediate treatments such as the recycling/processing and neutralization/dehydration of waste oil, waste acid and sludge generated by steel plants.
Finally, the program needs to be simple and should not overburden consumers considering that their cooperation is vital from the initial disposal stage. It is also preferable to clarify the legal status of the informal collection business operators of end-of-life items. In order to gain consumers' understanding and cooperation, it is important to review and improve the program in a flexible manner in addition to disseminating appropriate disposal methods and disclosing the program's implementation status. The gas is then shunted to an even hotter furnace silo where it swirls around while being oxidized at 1,400 degrees Celsius with the help of oxygen and steam.
○Please note that the collection schedules of these service counters vary. ○Items that are not completely emptied or that are difficult to clean should be disposed of as combustible garbage. Photographs, heat-sensitive paper, paper cups, window envelopes, paper scraps, plastic-coated paper, waxed cardboard, oily stained paper such as pizza home-delivery boxes, etc. The hotel is named “WHY.” Especially impressive is how the windows have been built with 700 discarded fittings—collected from residents’ old sliding doors, etc.—that have been pieced together like a puzzle. Besides welcoming hotel guests and other visitors, the Center is expected to become a leading place for research on zero waste. Working in tandem with businesses and universities to conduct research and development on 100% recyclable products, it will take important steps toward solving the problem of how to deal with the last 20% of the waste.
Please note, however, that plastic bottles that contained oil, cosmetics or paint are not collected as recyclable resources. Please dispose of bottles and cans that are extremely soiled or damaged as non-burnable trash; soiled or damaged plastic PET bottles should be disposed of as burnable trash. Newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, bottles, cans, plastic PET bottles, spray cans and gas cylinders are collected as recyclable resources.
You will be charged to dispose of any business-related waste or recyclable resources. For placing them to be collected by the ward, purchase the sticker and place it on the item according to the mount of the item to be disposed of. Garbage and recyclable resources are collected also on rainy days and national holidays. After making a reservation with the Oversized Garbage Reception Center, please purchase the appropriate Shinjuku City Oversized Garbage Handling Fee Tickets and attach them to the oversized garbage on the day of collection.
○ If you are unable to ask an electric appliance store to handle your used appliance, please call the Electric Appliance Recycling Reception Center. If you are simply throwing away your old appliance, ask the original store of purchase to handle your used appliance. ○ When replacing your old appliances, please ask the store where you are purchasing a new one to handle your used appliance. ○ Be sure to use up the contents of lighters as much as possible before disposal. In charge of the Center is OTSUKA Momona, who describes the significance of the facility and its unusual shape, saying “Why do we buy things? This place gives us the opportunity to think about the many different ‘why’ questions stemming from waste.” On their arrival at the hotel within the complex, guests are first briefed about the Center.
Overwhelmed by the detail of trash separation and aware that anything they might buy would contribute to the problem, some guests even reported choosing to refrain from making any purchases during their stay. Before the start of the new law, whether such minor metals should be recovered was an issue to be decided in the future, although its importance was recognized. It was because their recovery technologies had not been established, and the recovery of many such metals was not economically viable. “We want consumers to be aware of the importance of removing all residue liquids from bottles as well as the caps and labels before recycling,” says Toshiko Ito, an assistant manager at the plant.
In addition, the type of recyclable material varies by ward — Minato gathers plastic containers for recycling but Setagaya Ward, Tokyo’s most populous, does not. Recycling companies are just one of many players in the recycling game that also includes individuals who illicitly gather recyclables from plastic boxes put out by wards. One such collector operating in Setagaya, shouldering an enormous bag of scavenged aluminum cans, said he gets ¥130 per kilogram. Most municipalities have a few days a month where furniture and larger items can be collected without charge. There are limits to what can be put out depending on the size and type of article.
Many cities also offer a collection service for larger items that requires calling into the center, setting an appointment for collection then purchasing a sticker from the convenience store to affix to the item. In more rural areas that don’t offer this service there is usually a recycle center where these items are taken and drivers that can be hired directly to come collect them. Each area has its own collection day to dispose of the garbage and recyclable resources. As a rule, the collection of recyclable resources and garbage from regular households is free of charge. There is a fee, however, for the collection of large amounts of garbage and oversized garbage.
If the retailers become authorized businesses, they can also collect these items. The national government has set a target of achieving 20% collection rate, for the country as a whole, of the total weight of the end-of-life small home appliances. A fee is charged for the collection of business-related recyclable resources.
Please first purchase a home appliance recycling ticket at the post office. AreaKanto AreaShirai Eco-Center Iriya Base is a designated drop-off site for recycled home appliances. Incineration system for waste that cannot be recycled, wastes 石巻 不用品回収 from Fukuyama steel plant, and industrial waste from the area. The center conducts intermediate treatments such as the recycling/processing and neutralization/dehydration of waste oil, waste acid and sludge generated by steel plants.
Finally, the program needs to be simple and should not overburden consumers considering that their cooperation is vital from the initial disposal stage. It is also preferable to clarify the legal status of the informal collection business operators of end-of-life items. In order to gain consumers' understanding and cooperation, it is important to review and improve the program in a flexible manner in addition to disseminating appropriate disposal methods and disclosing the program's implementation status. The gas is then shunted to an even hotter furnace silo where it swirls around while being oxidized at 1,400 degrees Celsius with the help of oxygen and steam.
○Please note that the collection schedules of these service counters vary. ○Items that are not completely emptied or that are difficult to clean should be disposed of as combustible garbage. Photographs, heat-sensitive paper, paper cups, window envelopes, paper scraps, plastic-coated paper, waxed cardboard, oily stained paper such as pizza home-delivery boxes, etc. The hotel is named “WHY.” Especially impressive is how the windows have been built with 700 discarded fittings—collected from residents’ old sliding doors, etc.—that have been pieced together like a puzzle. Besides welcoming hotel guests and other visitors, the Center is expected to become a leading place for research on zero waste. Working in tandem with businesses and universities to conduct research and development on 100% recyclable products, it will take important steps toward solving the problem of how to deal with the last 20% of the waste.
Please note, however, that plastic bottles that contained oil, cosmetics or paint are not collected as recyclable resources. Please dispose of bottles and cans that are extremely soiled or damaged as non-burnable trash; soiled or damaged plastic PET bottles should be disposed of as burnable trash. Newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, bottles, cans, plastic PET bottles, spray cans and gas cylinders are collected as recyclable resources.
You will be charged to dispose of any business-related waste or recyclable resources. For placing them to be collected by the ward, purchase the sticker and place it on the item according to the mount of the item to be disposed of. Garbage and recyclable resources are collected also on rainy days and national holidays. After making a reservation with the Oversized Garbage Reception Center, please purchase the appropriate Shinjuku City Oversized Garbage Handling Fee Tickets and attach them to the oversized garbage on the day of collection.
○ If you are unable to ask an electric appliance store to handle your used appliance, please call the Electric Appliance Recycling Reception Center. If you are simply throwing away your old appliance, ask the original store of purchase to handle your used appliance. ○ When replacing your old appliances, please ask the store where you are purchasing a new one to handle your used appliance. ○ Be sure to use up the contents of lighters as much as possible before disposal. In charge of the Center is OTSUKA Momona, who describes the significance of the facility and its unusual shape, saying “Why do we buy things? This place gives us the opportunity to think about the many different ‘why’ questions stemming from waste.” On their arrival at the hotel within the complex, guests are first briefed about the Center.
Overwhelmed by the detail of trash separation and aware that anything they might buy would contribute to the problem, some guests even reported choosing to refrain from making any purchases during their stay. Before the start of the new law, whether such minor metals should be recovered was an issue to be decided in the future, although its importance was recognized. It was because their recovery technologies had not been established, and the recovery of many such metals was not economically viable. “We want consumers to be aware of the importance of removing all residue liquids from bottles as well as the caps and labels before recycling,” says Toshiko Ito, an assistant manager at the plant.
In addition, the type of recyclable material varies by ward — Minato gathers plastic containers for recycling but Setagaya Ward, Tokyo’s most populous, does not. Recycling companies are just one of many players in the recycling game that also includes individuals who illicitly gather recyclables from plastic boxes put out by wards. One such collector operating in Setagaya, shouldering an enormous bag of scavenged aluminum cans, said he gets ¥130 per kilogram. Most municipalities have a few days a month where furniture and larger items can be collected without charge. There are limits to what can be put out depending on the size and type of article.
Many cities also offer a collection service for larger items that requires calling into the center, setting an appointment for collection then purchasing a sticker from the convenience store to affix to the item. In more rural areas that don’t offer this service there is usually a recycle center where these items are taken and drivers that can be hired directly to come collect them. Each area has its own collection day to dispose of the garbage and recyclable resources. As a rule, the collection of recyclable resources and garbage from regular households is free of charge. There is a fee, however, for the collection of large amounts of garbage and oversized garbage.
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