First of all, it is categorized: roughly, there are several types of garbage: burnable, non-burnable, plastic markers, resource garbage (books, newspapers, cans, bottles, etc.), coarse garbage, and medical garbage. At the University of Tokyo I saw a row of garbage cans, ***13 of them, each marked with a different kind of garbage, and next to it was a manual detailing how the various kinds of garbage should be categorized and disposed of.
After the major categorization, there is further processing. For example, plastic marked garbage, mineral water bottles and bottle caps should be separated; such as household drinks and spice bottles, if you want to throw into the resource waste that category, must be washed, not washed and clean thrown to the other classified treatment; milk cartons and other paper waste, to tear open and wash and dry, and then put into the resource garbage; cans and so on, the average resident to throw before, but also will be washed, to prevent the emergence of bad smells.
For coarse garbage is charged separately, which belongs to coarse garbage? Bulky garbage such as quilts, suitcases, appliances and furniture. Ms. Watanabe explains that a luggage suitcase is about 300 yen to dispose of, and TVs are roughly 3,000-5,000 yen. Before you want to throw out this bulky garbage, you need to call ahead and make an appointment to ask about the cost, then buy a garbage coupon at a convenience store, stick it on, and write your name and phone number.
In addition, in many neighborhoods, garbage cannot be piled up on the road ahead of time; there will be a set time for garbage pickup, the closer the better. If the garbage is piled up, it should be covered with a net to prevent cats, dogs and birds from pecking and biting.
The above are the things that ordinary residents have to do, the role of the Japanese government is mainly legislation, the introduction of classification guidelines, the provision of equipment, etc., and every year will also produce a garbage sorting and recycling calendar, which lists how to sort, the time of collection, and so on.
Community self-governance power to monitor the Japanese society has a high degree of autonomy, each community has a self-governance council, and community residents *** with the development of self-governance regulations belonging to the community, will be *** with the maintenance of the neighborhood environment, to enhance the neighborhood to take responsibility. If there are new residents, people from the community self-governance association will remind them how to separate and place their garbage, and if any house is not separating or placing their garbage correctly, an elderly person will knock on the door to remind and supervise them. Ms. Watanabe said that in her many years in Japan, she has come to appreciate that residents of a community are roughly divided into these three levels: restraining themselves, ****ing with maintenance, enhancing the community, and the bottom line is not to blight the neighborhood.
The initial impetus for Japan's garbage classification is simple, is the feeling that garbage can not be dealt with, its small size, can not be landfilled, can only be dealt with by incineration, in the process of burning how to efficiently and to avoid contamination, as well as which can be utilized for secondary purposes, and so the idea of classification was generated.
Japan is resource-constrained and pays close attention to the reuse rate of waste, and this awareness has long been internalized in the daily behavior of each citizen. To have a good environment, you need everyone in the community to pay and **** with the maintenance, Ms. Watanabe said, many Chinese people come to Japan to praise the environment, good garbage disposal, but do not see behind the Japanese nationals to pay and put up with what.