On Air: Fukuoka City Information/2012.12.14(Fri)/11:00～

December is “Illegal Trash Dumping Prevention Month.” It is held in an effort to eliminate the illegal dumping and/or disposal of waste. “Illegal trash disposal” occurs when oversized-garbage, household garbage, or industrial waste is dumped on mountainsides, in forests, along shorelines, river banks, railroad tracks, or in parks. If caught by the police, offenders are punished under law.

In Fukuoka, year-end cleaning results in a large amount of refuse being disposed of in December. The city is stepping up efforts to discourage illegal waste disposal, and asks for your compliance and support to help manage waste disposal properly.

Televisions, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and dryers, and air conditioners should be disposed of in accordance with the city’s Home Appliance Recycling Law. If you are not able to have old electronics taken up for disposal by the store at which you are buying a replacement model, or cannot bring them to the retail store from which you purchased them for proper disposal, please ask Best Denki Customer Support Fukuoka for assistance. You can contact them by phone at 092-651-9161.

Disposal of items does incur fees. If throwing out computers, please ask for disposal assistance from the producer of the device.

When disposing of other items, please use the Over-sized Garbage Disposal Call Center (In Japanese, that’s Sodai Gomi Uketsuke Sentah). When using this service, it is necessary to call and make an appointment for disposal in advance.

You can call them at 092-731-1153.

They can also be contacted by fax at 092-731-1195.

When you call them, you will be quoted a fee for the disposal of your property, and you will then have to purchase a “Disposal Ticket” (or “Sodai Gomi Shori-ken” in Japanese) at a convenience store or other such processing location for the amount you were quoted by the center. You should affix this ticket to the items which you wish to have disposed, and place them out for pick up at the designated time and place.

Also, please be aware that there has been trouble arising in instances where people dispose of refuse at areas claiming "Free Garbage Disposal". These areas are not normal garbage collection sites. Problem cases have also been occurring with services advertised on flyers. Although the advertisements state, "free garbage disposal" they may in fact charge for services. Please be safe and avoid problems by following the rules for proper garbage disposal.

For further information, please call the Recycling-Based Society Planning Section of city government at 092-711-4308.

The end of the year will see a lot of waste which people need to dispose. Let's work together and do it properly.