Japanese Vocabulary about Trash and Recycling

You need to clean your trash and separate it in Japan, as well as the vocabulary that you will need to understand signs associated with it:

– Regular Garbage
– Recyclables
– Plastic Container Recyclables
– Non-burnable Garbage
– Oversized Garbage

If you moved into a new place, and don’t know where to put the trash away, you can ask real estate agent or landlord.

「すみません、ゴミはどこに出せばいいですか？」
Where should I put the trash away?

1. ごみを出す (gomi o dasu ) – put garbage away

2. 資源しげん (shigen), リサイクル – recycle

3. 容器ようき包装ほうそう (youki housou)- plastic containers

4. ごみを分別ふんべつする (bunbetsu suru) – to separate trash

5. ごみを収集しゅうしゅうする (shuushuu) – to collect trash

6. 発砲はっぽうトレイ (happou torei) – foam tray

7. 発砲はっぽうスチロール (happou suchiro-ru) – foam boxes

8. 古紙こし (koshi) – used paper

9. びん (bin) – glass bottle

10. 缶かん (kan) – can

11. ペットボトル (petto botoru) – plastic bottle

12. 粗大そだいごみ (sodai gomi) – oversized garbage

13. 粗大そだいごみ処理しょり券けん(sodai gomi shori ken) – oversized garbage disposal sticker

14. 燃もやすごみ (moyasu gomi) – burnable garbage

15. 可燃かねんごみ (kanen gomi) – burnable garbage

16. 燃もやさないごみ (moyasanai gomi) – un-burnable garbage

17. 不燃ふねんごみ (funen gomi)- un-burnable garbage

18. 生なまごみ (nama gomi)- raw garbage

=> The rules for garbage in Japan are determined by each city and may differ from place to place.

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