2018 Gomi Mamechishiki
2018 Gomi Mamechishiki
2018 Gomi Mamechishiki
Dispose of Garbage
Let’s Reduce Waste
with the Three Rs!!
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
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Hikone City separately collects 11 different types of household waste.
Please take out your household waste, following the rules of the city’s garbage collection.
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How to Take out Garbage and Etiquette
*Please help us to recycle waste as much as we can through proper waste separation.
*If you need some help to sort out your garbage, do not hesitate to call the Sanitation Center.
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Combustible Waste
Kitchen Waste Paper Paper Diapers
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Landfill Waste
Ceramic Ware / Glassware Costmetic & Medicin Bottles Fluorescent Lights / Light Bulbs
Bowels, plates, flower pots, cups,
ornaments, etc.
Bottles of medicine and cosmetics.
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Large-Sized Waste
Large-Sized
Furniture Futon Mats / Carpets
Daily Items
Wardrobes, desks, beds, sofas, Clothing storage cases, clothes poles,
Futon, blankets, carpets, electric
cupboards, tatami mats, etc. buckets, etc.
carpets, etc.
・Materials such as wood, metal, plastic, among other things are categorized as large-sized waste. However, glass
boards are collected as landfill waste.
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How to Dispose of Large-Sized Waste
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Recyclable Plastic Packages
Plastic Wrap
・If you cannot remove stains from plastic containers by rising them, throw them out as burnable waste.
・Drop off plastic bottles marked with into a plastic bottle collection box.
・The use of two or more layers of designated garbage bags is not allowed.
・Hard plastic waste; plastic straws, tooth brushes, hangers, stationery, toys, cassettes, razors, etc. must be thrown away
as land fill.
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How to Properly Sort Out Plastic Waste
Combustible Waste
Plastic Bottles
Rinse the bottle
Daily Items, Stationery, Toys and Other Products Made of Hard Plastic
Landfill Waste
Oversized Waste
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Recyclable Glass Containers
・Specially processed glass materials used for cups and ashtrays are heat-resistant. Therefore, throw them out as
landfill waste.
・Returnable glass bottles need to be returned to stores where you purchased them.
Food/ Soft Drink Cans Spray Cans Metal Pots/Pans and Metalware
・You can leave spray nozzles attached, but you need to throw aerosol caps out as recyclable plastic waste.
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Recyclable Plastic Bottles
Plastic bottles for soft drinks, alcohol, soy Key Points of Garbage Separation
sauce, Mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine),
among other things. ・Only plastic bottles marked with are recyclable.
If you find it difficult to remove labels, you can leave
them attached.
・Please drop off plastic bottles into a collection box in your
neighborhood.
・Make sure a bottle cap is firmly tight so that oil will not spill
out of the bottle.
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Recyclable Used Paper/Clothes
Take Out Used Paper and Clothes during To Dispose of Used Paper and Clothes,
a Collection Service Organized by the City Use Resource Recovery Services of
OR Secondhand Stores and Grocery Stores,
The city carries out the collection for used paper and or Take Advantage of a Local Resource
clothes at the request of each local district. Recovery Activity.
How to Sort Out Used Paper and Clothes for the Collection by the City of Hikone.
Newspapers Magazines
Newspapers and fliers Books, magazines, copy papers, brochures, etc.
・Only the residents living in local areas, where there is no periodic collection for used paper and clothe, are
permitted to take out used paper and clothes as combustible waste.
・There are grocery stores and drug stores actively engaging in a used paper collection.
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Recyclable Used Fluorescent Lights
Collection Spots
City Hall, Sanitation Center, Inae Branch Office, Toriimoto Branch Office, Takamiya Branch Office, Kawase Branch
Office, Kameyama Branch Office, etc.
Collection Hours
8:30 to 5:15 (Please talk to a city official near the collection spot.)
Note that the sanitation center only collects used fluorescent lights and bulbs from 9:00 to 12:15 and 1:00 to 4:15.
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A List of Garbage Not Accepted
at Sanitation Centre
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Tips for How to Separate Garbage
18L Square Tin Can, Large-Sized
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Accessories Landfill If it is made of wood or leather, they need to be disposed of as burnable.
Adapter Landfill or Small Appliances The Sanitation Centre recycles adapters as a small appliance.
Oversized(Small
Air Purifier
Appliance)
Antenna Large-Sized
Artificial Flowers (Wire Included) Landfill
Artificial teeth / Dentures Landfill
Audio Rack Large-Sized
Separate the axe head and axe half. If the half is made of wood, you can throw it out as burnable. Wrap the head in
Axe/Hatchet Large-Sized
layers of paper, etc. and write/label it as "KIKEN (Danger)".
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Baby Bathtub Large-Sized
Backpack Combustible
Bag(Fabric・Leather・Synthetic
Combustible
leather Plastic)
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Not Accepted At Sanitation
Batteries Contact a relevant store or manufacturer.
Centre
Belt Combustible
Bicycle Large-Sized
Bike Tire/Tube Landfill
Binocular Landfill
Blanket Large-Sized A blanket which can fit in a designated combustible garbage bag can be thrown away as combustible garbage.
Blinds Large-Sized
Blister Packs Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Blue Tarp Large-Sized If you cut a tarp into a small size, you can throw it away as landfill.
Oversized or
Board (Wooden Board) If the thickness is more than 5 ㎝, throw it away as combustible. If not, throw it away as landfill.
Combustible
Body Weight Scale Landfill The Hikone Sanitation Centre collects a digital body weight scale as a small appliance.
Bookcase Large-Sized
Bookshelf Large-Sized
Boots Combustible
Bottle Opener Landfill
Bowling Ball Landfill
Box Cutter Landfill Wrap up a box cutter in layers of paper, and label it as "KIKEN (Danger)".
Brick Landfill
Bucket (Metal) Tin Cans & Metal If a metal bucket is bigger than a 18-liter square can, throw it away as large-sized garbage.
Bucket (Plastic) Landfill If you cannot put a bucket in a landfill garbage bag, take it out as large-size waste.
Buffer/Wrapping Material (Plastic) Recyclable Plastic Packages If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
C
Landfill or Small
Calculator The Hikone Sanitation Centre collects a calculator as a small appliance.
Appliances
Camera Landfill The sanitation centre accepts digital cameras as a small appliance.
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Oversized(Small
Car Stereo
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Car Television (LCD monitor)
Appliance)
Card Landfill
Used Paper or
Cardboard Take out during a local garbage collection or at the Sanitation Centre. If you cannot do so, dispose of it as burnable.
Combustible
Carpet Large-Sized
Cash Box Large-Sized
Oversized(Small
Cassette Deck
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Circulator Fan
Appliance)
Clay Landfill
Clay Cooking Stove Landfill
Clay, Porcelain Ware Landfill
Closet Large-Sized
Not Accepted At Sanitation
Clothes Dryer Subject to the Home Appliance Recycling Act
Centre
Coloured Traffic Cone Landfill or Oversized If you can put a water bucket in a landfill garbage bag, take it out as landfill. If not take it out as oversized waste.
Compass Landfill
Compost Bin Large-Sized
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If you want to dispose of many concrete blocks, please bring them to the NAKAYAMA disposal
Concrete Block Landfill
site.
Take it out at a designated collection area, such as, city office, sanitation centre, welfare centre, each branch office,
Cooking Oil Cooking Oil
etc.
Cutting Board (Wood) Combustible If the size of a cutting board does not fit in a designated garbage bag, take it away as over-sized garbage.
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Landfill or Small If you can bring a data storage device to the city's Sanitation Centre, you can have it collected as a small
Data Storage Device (USB, etc.)
Appliances appliance. Make sure to delete all the data.
Oversized(Small
Dehumidifier
Appliance)
Deposable Lighter Landfill in a transparent plastic bag which is not a designated landfill garbage and take them out at a designated garbage
collection site.
Desiccant Combustible
Desk Large-Sized
Desk Tape Dispenser Landfill
Detergent Container (Plastic) Recyclable Plastic Packages If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Oversized(Small
Dishwasher/Dish Dryer
Appliance)
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Doll (Wooden, Paper) Combustible
Doll for Hinamatsuri Combustible
Door Mat (Fabric, Rubber) Combustible
Door Mat (Metal) Large-Sized
Drawing Paper Combustible
Dressing Table Large-Sized
Driver (DIY Tool) Landfill ※An electric screwdriver is oversized garbage.
Duckboard Large-Sized
Dumbbell Tin Cans & Metal
Duralumin Case Large-Sized
Dustpan (Plastic) Landfill If a dustpan is made of metal, the metal dustpan needs to be disposed of as metal garbage.
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Earphones Landfill
Earthenware Pot Landfill
Egg carton (Plastic) Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Electone Large-Sized
Oversized(Small
Electric Blanket
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Electric Fan
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Electric Heater
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Electric Kettle
Appliance)
When the size of the electric piano is less than 1m in length, width and depth, the Sanitation Centre collects it as a
Electric Piano Large-Sized
small appliance.
Oversized(Small
Electric Shaver
Appliance)
Engine Oil Tin Can Tin Cans & Metal Empty the inside of a can. If the can is larger than 18 litters, throw it away as landfill.
Extension Cord Landfill or Small Appliances The Hikone Sanitation Centre collects extension cords as small appliances.
Eye Drop Container Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it out as burnable.
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Fallen Leaves, Garden Weeds Combustible
Oversized(Small
Fan Heater
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Fax Machine
Appliance)
Firecracker Combustible Soak firecrackers in the water so that it will not explode.
Fireworks Combustible Each firework must be well soaked before its disposal.
Fish Tank Large-Sized If you can put a fish tank in an oversized garbage bag, take it out as oversized garbage.
Food Plastic Wrap Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Food Tray (Styrofoam) Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Frying Pan Tin Cans & Metal A glass lid is categorized as landfill garbage.
Oversized(Small
Futon Dryer
Appliance)
Futon Mat Large-Sized If you can cut it into the size that fits in a burnable garbage bag, you can take it out as burnable.
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Galvanized Iron Sheet Large-Sized
The Hikone Sanitation Centre accepts game cartridges as a small appliance. However, CD and DVD need to be
Game Cartridge Landfill or Oversized
disposed of as landfill.
Oversized(Small
Game Console
Appliance)
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Use up a gas cartridge, and punch a couple of holes in it. ※As for propane tanks, please contact a store where you
Gas Cartridge Tin Cans & Metal
purchased it.
Hair Spray Tin Cans & Metal Use up a hair spray and puncture a couple of holes in the can.
When the size of the halogen electric heater is less than 1m in length, width and depth, the Sanitation Centre collects
Halogen Electric Heater Large-Sized
it as a small appliance.
Hammer Landfill
Handbag Combustible
Hanger Landfill
Headphones Landfill
Helmet Landfill
Highlighter Landfill
Oversized(Small
Home Printer
Appliance)
Hot Water Bottle (Plastic) Landfill The metal one needs to be disposed of as metal garbage.
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Hot‐Water Heater Large-Sized
Humidifier Combustible
Oversized(Small
Humidifier
Appliance)
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Ice Cream Cup & Lid (Plastic) Recyclable Plastic Packages Remove stains. If you can't , you need to throw them out as burnable.
Oversized(Small
Iron
Appliance)
If you can put a water bucket in a landfill garbage bag, take it away as landfill. If not, dispose of it as large-sized
Japanese Water Bucket (Plastic) Landfill
waste.
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Knee Highs Combustible
Knives Landfill Wrap it up in layers of paper, and label as "KIKEN (Danger)"
Laundry Basket(Plastic) Oversized If you can put a basket in a landfill garbage bag, throw it away as landfill.
Lawnmower Large-Sized
Light Bulb Landfill
Oversized(Small
Light Fixture Make sure to remove fluorescent tubes.
Appliance)
Not Accepted At Sanitation
Lithium Battery (Button Cell) Please contact a store where you bought a battery.
Centre
Used Paper or Take it out during a local garbage collection or at the Sanitation Centre. If you cannot do so, dispose of it as
Magazine
Combustible burnable.
Magnet Large-Sized
Magneto-Optical Disc(Case Included) Landfill
Magnifier Landfill
Margarine Box (Plastic ) Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Mattress Large-Sized
Measuring Cup Landfill
Measuring Cup/Scoop for Detergent Landfill
Mechanical Pencil Landfill
Medical Thermometer Landfill As for a mercury thermometer, contact a store where you purchased it or the Sanitation Centre.
Melodica Landfill
Melodica Landfill
Metal Cap of Shochu Bottle Landfill
Metal Lid・Crown Caps Landfill
Metal Pin Holder for a Flower
Landfill Wrap it up in layers of paper, and label as "KIKEN (Danger)".
Arrangement
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Oversized(Small
Microwave Oven
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Mixer
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Mobile Phone ※You are advised to return a mobile phone to a mobile store. Make sure to delete the data.
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Mochi Pounding Machine
Appliance)
Not Accepted At Sanitation
Motorcycle Please contact the store where you purchased.
Centre
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Nail Landfill
Nail Clipper Landfill
Natto Plastic Package Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Necklace Landfill
Needle (Sewing, Safety Pin, etc.) Landfill Wrap it up in layers of paper, and label as "KIKEN (Danger)".
Used Paper or Take it out during a local garbage collection or at the Sanitation Centre. If you cannot do so, dispose of it as
Newspaper
Combustible burnable.
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Oil Drum Large-Sized Empty an oil drum.
Oversized(Small
Oil Heater
Appliance)
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Package for Garden Soil or Fertilizer Landfill
Packing Material Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Landfill or Please take away a paint can as landfill garbage if the residue of dry paint is not removable. When the paint inside the can is still liquid, do
Paint Can
Cans&Metal not throw it out, let it get dry instead. If the size is larger than a 18-liter square can, take it our as large-size garbage.
Paint Tubes (Plastic) Recyclable Plastic Packages Use up what is inside. ※When you cannot remove stains, take them away as burnable. Metal tubes are landfill.
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Not Accepted At Sanitation
PC Contact a relevant store or manufacturer.
Centre
Pencil Sharpener Landfill or Small Appliances If a pencil sharpener with a power cord, take it out as a small appliance. If not, take it out as landfill.
Pharmaceutical Package (Plastic Tube) Recyclable Plastic Packages Use up a product ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Picnic Sheet Landfill Please cut a picnic sheet into smaller than 30 cm, and put them in a designated landfill.
Planter (Plastic) Landfill or Oversized If a planter does not fit in a landfill garbage bag, throw it away as large-sized garbage.
Plastic Bag Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Plastic Bag for a Garden Fertilizer Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it out as burnable.
Rinse a plastic bottle and put it into a designated collection box. Make sure to remove a cap and a label, and throw
Plastic Bottle Plastic Bottles
them away following the instructions written on page 8.
Plastic Case for Dehumidifier Agents Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Plastic Oil Pump Landfill If the size is big, throw it away as over-sized garbage.
Produce Nets/Bags Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Pruning Shears Landfill Wrap it up in layers of paper, and label as "KIKEN (Danger)". A large one is landfill garbage.
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Pumice Stone Landfill
If you can put it in a landfill garbage bag, you can throw it away as landfill. If not, throw it oaway as oversized
PVC Pipe Landfill or Oversized
garbage.
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Rack for a Clothes Dryer Large-Sized
Rack for a Microwave Large-Sized
Rack for a PC Large-Sized
Racket Large-Sized Ping-Pong rackets are categorized as burnable garbage.
Oversized(Small
Radio
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Radio Cassette Player
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Radio‐Cassette Recorder
Appliance)
Raincoat Combustible
Raincoat (Synthetic fibres, rubber,
Combustible
plastic)
Randoseru Combustible
Razer (non-electric) Landfill Wrap up a razer in layers of paper, and label it as "KIKEN (Danger)".
Refill Plastic Container Recyclable Plastic Packages Containers for shampoo, conditioner, etc. ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it out as burnable.
Retort Pouch Recyclable Plastic Packages Remove a stain. If the stain is not removable, throw it away as burnable.
The Hikone Sanitation Centre collects an electric rice bin with a less-than-one-meter power cord as a small
Rice Bin Large-Sized
appliance.
Oversized(Small
Rice Cooker
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Scanner
Appliance)
Screw Landfill
Scrubbing Brush Combustible A metal scrubbing brush is landfill garbage.
Seashell Landfill
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Seasoning Packets
Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If stains are not removable, throw away a seasoning packet as burnable.
(Instant Noodles, etc.)
Sewing Machine Large-Sized A sewing machine with a shorter-than-1-meter power cord is collected as a small appliance.
Shampoo Bottle Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Sideboard Large-Sized
Silica Gel Combustible
Skating Board Large-Sized
Ski Boot Landfill
Ski Equipment Large-Sized
Ski Wear Combustible
Sledge (for Kids) Large-Sized
Slide (Toy) Large-Sized
Slipper Combustible
Small Shovel Landfill
Sneaker Combustible
Snowboard Large-Sized
Soap Combustible
Soap Case(Plastic) Landfill
Sofa Large-Sized
Sofa Bed Large-Sized
Solid Fuel Combustible
Sponge Combustible
Spoon (Metal, Plastic) Landfill
Sports Spikes Shoes Combustible
Spray Can Tin Cans & Metal Use up a spray can, and punch a couple of holes in it.
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Stroller Large-Sized
Stuffed Animal Combustible If you cannot put a stuffed animal in a burnable garbage bag, take it out as large-size waste.
Stuffed Specimen Combustible If you cannot put a stuffed specimen in a burnable garbage bag, take it out as large-size waste.
Styrofoam Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it away as burnable.
Suitcase Large-Sized
Sunglasses Landfill
Surfboard Large-Sized Cut a surfboard in under three meters long.
Deflate a swimming float and take it away as landfill. When it is too big to put it in a garbage bag, throw it away as
Swimming Float Landfill or Oversized
over-sized garbage.
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Table Large-Sized
〇Remove batteries. 〇 Take a clock out as landfill. If too big, throw it away as over-sized waste. 〇If a
Table/Desk Clock Landfill
table/desk clock with a power cord, you have to throw it away as a small appliance.
Tablecloth (Plastic) Landfill Cut a tablecloth into the size that fits in a burnable garbage bag.
Tent Large-Sized
Thermometer Landfill
Thermometer Landfill
Thermos Bottle Landfill
Thermos Bottle Landfill
Used Paper or Take it out during a local garbage collection or at the Sanitation Centre. If you cannot do so, dispose of it as
Thick Paper
Combustible burnable.
Thumbtack Landfill
Tie Combustible
Tin Can for Milk Formula Tin Cans & Metal
Tin Cans for Food, etc. Tin Cans & Metal If larger than 1800 cc , take it out as landfill.
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Not Accepted At Sanitation
Tires and Aluminium Wheels Please contact relevant stores.
Centre
Oversized(Small
Toaster
Appliance)
Tofu Package Recyclable Plastic Packages ※If you cannot remove stains, throw it out as burnable.
Toothpaste Recyclable Plastic Packages Use up a toothpaste before throwing it away. If no resideue of toothpaste left inside, throw it away as burnable.
Oversized or
Tree Branch/Twig See Page 3.
Combustible
Tricycle Large-Sized
Tripod Large-Sized
Remotes are collected as "a small appliance" at the city's Sanitation Centre. Be sure to remove
TV Remote Landfill
batteries.
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Umbrella (Collapsible included) Landfill
Umbrella Stand Large-Sized The ones made of clay are landfill waste.
V
Oversized(Small
Vacuum Cleaner Clean the inside of a vacuum cleaner.
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Video Camera Make sure to delete all the data.
Appliance)
Oversized(Small
Video Game Console
Appliance)
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Waist Bag Combustible
Wallet Combustible
Wardrobe Large-Sized
Washbasin(Plastic) Landfill
Washing Line Pole Large-Sized
Not Accepted At Sanitation
Washing Machine Subject to Home Appliance Recycling Act. See page 14 for more details.
Centre
Oversized(Small
Washlet Toilet Seat
Appliance)
When the size of an wall/desk clock is less than 1m in length, width and depth, the Sanitation Centre collects it as a
Watch Landfill
small appliance.
Wig Combustible
Windbreaker Jacket Combustible
Window Screen Large-Sized
Wok Tin Cans & Metal If a wok has a glass lid, throw the glass lid as landfill.
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