Garbage Pickup
Fukuoka City collects household trash separately, and as such, citizens are required to dispose of them according to set rules. Refuse must be disposed of in designated bags available at supermarkets, pharmacies, etc., separated into burnable waste, non-burnable waste, or glass containers and PET bottles, and put out on the scheduled days. For anything that does not fit into the bags, you must dispose of them as oversized waste (sodai gomi) by arranging a special pickup. For details on how to separate the refuse properly, refer to the booklet “Gomi Rule Book” published by the Fukuoka City Environmental Bureau, available in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean.
Collection days for each type of waste varies by area, so please check the collection schedule with your neighbour, Seikatsu Kankyo section of respective ward office, or Kateigomi Genryo Taisaku section of the Fukuoka City Environmental Bureau (Tel: 092711-4346). The schedule is also available at the Fukuoka City website: http://kankyo.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/gomi/katei3.html.
Under the “Home Appliance Recycling Law” and “Act on the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resource”, air conditioners, televisions (tube TV, plasma TV, and LCD), refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, clothes driers, and computers/monitors are not picked up as refuse by the Fukuoka City facilities. When disposing any of these items, please refer to the following:
Recycling
Six items of Home Appliances
Please make a pickup arrangement to one of the following services when disposing air conditioners, televisions, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines or clothes driers.
（1）In the case of replacing your item with a new one, the retailer from whom you make a purchase.
（2）Retailer from whom you originally bought the item you wish to dispose of.
（3）If neither (1) nor (2) are applicable (e.g., you do not know where the item was originally purchased), contact Best Denki noted below.
*Best Denki Service Center Fukuoka
Cost: Recycling fee (varies according to type of item and manufacturer) + collection/shipping fee
Hours: 9:00-18:00 (closed during the year-end and New Year holidays)
http://www.bestdenki.ne.jp/recycle
Tel: 092-651-9161
Personal Computers
When disposing of desktop computers, monitors, laptops or single-unit computers, contact the computer manufacturer for collection. To find the collection information, visit the website of the manufacturer or the PC3R Promotion Center at http://www.pc3r.jp/.
Cost (Recycle Fee)
3,150 -4,200 yen per unit (tax included; fee varies according to manufacturer)
*For all personal computers released before September 2003, the owner must pay the fee at the time of disposal; however, for the computers released after October 2003, it is included in the retail price, and thus is waived when disposing of the item.
*For disposal procedures of self-assembled computers or computers personally imported from outside Japan, please visit the PC3R website at http://www.pc3r.jp/.
Trash Incineration
Do not incinerate trash on private property since it is prohibited by the Waste Disposal and Public Cleaning Act (Haikibutsu no Shori oyobi Seiso ni Kansuru Horei).
