Throwing out big rubbish in Japan
For those of you who follow personal Japanese blogs, you’ve no doubt heard all about the rubbish separation and disposal systems in Japan, with one ritual being 粗大ゴミ, sodai gomi, the big rubbish day, with tales of raiding the piles of household furniture and electronics for hidden jewels. With most municipalities now charging for, and with many requiring a special pick-up appointment for disposal of said sodai gomi, iBridge conducted a survey reported on by japan.internet.com into online public services for big rubbish pick-up.
Demographics
On the 23rd of March 2009 300 women from the iBridge monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 19.0% were in their twenties, 51.7% in their thirties, 21.3% in their forties, 6.7% in their fifties, and 1.3% in their sixties.
Since today is the first day of the new year, many other residents of Japan will be in the same boat as me with a change in the disposal rules – our town now requires recyclable plastic and PET bottles separated, and other plastic thrown out as burnables rather than all together as before. Glass separation has increased from two to three categories, plus uncleanable glass like nail polish bottles becomes unburnable rubbish which now gets thrown out with the burnables, I think. Perhaps I should consult the rubbish police?
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