Garbage Disposal Information

Garbage separation and disposition for SD1, SD2, SD3 and MSA residents

January 1, 2013
Office of General Affairs

In order to adapt the Minamiounuma-city (Yamato-area) garbage management system and to promote waste reducing and recycling, SD1, SD2, SD3 and MSA residents, please separate and dispose of garbage as follows.

1. Burnable and Unburnable Garbage

There are 2 types of rubbish bin allocated in your room. One is for “Burnable Only” and another is for “Cans & Glass Bottles Only”. Please make use of them so that rubbish can be separated as from your room. Please separate the garbage into “BURNABLE” and “UNBURNABLE” (within 15cm in diameter) such as cans, glass bottles, pottery and small batteries (such as for remote controls or radios and others.), then put them in the designated big bucket separated into Burnable and Unburnable in the garbage room.
We often find that cans or glass are put into “Burnable”garbage bucket and the opposite case happened as well.  If you do so, Minamiounuma City Office will refuse to collect the garbage and it requires redundant work to do the separation by IUJ.  So, we really ask you to separate garbage into Burnable and Unburnable correctly.
In the kitchen or lounge, please separate and dispose of garbage into the designated garbage box as well.

BURNABLE GARBAGE	UNBURNABLE GARBAGE
Includes Plastic/PET Bottles (except for used papers)	cans, glass bottles, potteries and small batteries (within 15cm in diameter only)
BURNABLE GARBAGE BUCKET	UNBURNABLE GARBAGE BUCKET

 

2. Used Papers (Recyclable for Natural Resources)

The following papers will be recycled.  We appreciate it if you can separate and group each from (a), (b), (c), (d) and tie them each into bundles, then place them in the garbage room.
(a) Corrugated Cardboard
(b) Newspapers
(c) Milk cartons
(d) Etc. (Leaflets, magazines, books, copy papers and others)
If there is a metallic or plastic part on the paper or files, it cannot be recycled.

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD	NEWSPAPERS	MILK CARTONS	ETC.
corrugated cardboard only	newspapers only (without leaflets）	milk cartons, juice cartons and others	leaflets, magazines, books, copy papers and others
Open, Fold and Tie into a Bundle	Fold and Tie into a Bundle	Rinse, Open, Fold and Tie into a Bundle	Fold and Tie into a Bundle

 

3. Big Items (Except Recyclable Home Appliances)

Big items shall be separated into the following categories. When you dispose of a big item, please report to the housekeeper in advance and please follow their instructions.  If you dispose of the big item without notice to the housekeeper and do not follow their instruction, the item will not be collected, causing trouble for other residents.  So, please contact the housekeeper in advance when you dispose of a big item.
Car tires or car batteries are not applicable to Minamiounuma-city waste management; please dispose of them at a gas stand (not free).

BIG ITEMS
Report to the housekeeper to confirm the categories of the item  and follow their instruction
SMALL MISCELLANY	SMALL	MIDDLE	LARGE
skis, snowboards, sheet zinc, wash line poles, umbrellas, cushions within 1㎡, lighting apparatus, ventilation, knitting machines, iron pots & pans, amplifiers, printers, electricity cords, sickles, axes, wire hangers, hatchets, big cans, trees within 10cm in diameters around and less than 150cm in length, or same level size of the above	tatami, carpet, futons, kotatsu, kotatsu tables, gas ranges (more than two gas fixed), chairs, stoves, fan heaters, microwave ovens, rice cake cookers, rice stockers, wheelbarrows,  bicycles, buggies, snow shovels, mowers,  or same level size of the above	beds (except spring mattress), sewing machines (except desk top), organs, massage machines, sports equipment, sofas (more than two seats), bicycle drawn carts, dryers, or same level size of the above	spring mattresses for beds, motor bikes (under 50cc), oil drums (less than 200L), or same level size of the above
	Attach Garbage Ticket (500yen) to Each Item	Attach Garbage Ticket (1,000yen) to Each Item	Attach Garbage Ticket (2,000yen) to Each Item
Hand the item to the housekeeper （Provided by IUJ）	Bring and place the item under the housekeeper’s designated place and time	Bring and place the item under the housekeeper’s designated place and time	Bring and place the item under the housekeeper’s designated place and time

However, IUJ will receive your big items, except designated home appliances (explained below) and dispose of them as special services for dormitory residents in period of a week before and after graduation day in June every year (“Special Service Period for Big Items”).  A detailed notice of the designated date and place will be posted at that time.

4. Law for Recycling of Specified Kind of Home Appliances, 4 Products

According to the “Law for Recycling of Specified Kind of Home Appliances” enacted from April 1, 2001, a “Air Conditioner”, “TV”, “Refrigerator” and “Washing Machine” will not be disposed of as a big item.  When you dispose of these products, recycling and disposal costs will be charged as set by the law.  However, the disposal procedures and payment system are very complicated, so IUJ has set the following “IUJ disposal charge” for dormitory residents only.  When you dispose of these products, please ask the housekeeper and follow their instructions.   However, if you can turn them in to the home appliance shop you purchased them from, please contact the shop first.

Air conditioner	5,000yen
TV	2,000yen
Refrigerator	3,000yen
Washing machine	4,000yen

The above 4 kinds of products are not applicable and are not accepted as “Big item” garbage during the “Special Service Period for Big Items”.

The above IUJ waste management is implemented in accordance with the current waste management system in Minamiounuma-city.  However, to promote recycling, the waste separation and disposition rule will change to be more itemized and it will be done as phased in by Minamiounuma-city.  IUJ also will review and enforce IUJ waste management accordingly.
We appreciate your kind understanding and cooperation.

If you have any questions, please let Office of General Affairs know.