that can be
How to Donate Items for Reuse (items
reused straightaway)
●We only accept items that are unused or look unused. Please take consideration for the
next user. If you have stored something over a long period of time, check it first.
Refrain from bringing in
●We do not buy goods or sell them on your behalf.
goods when it is raining.
●We do not accept articles other than those shown here.
Books
Preparation
Stack them and tie them
with a knot both lengthwise
and crosswise, or place
them in a paper bag.
Clothes /
blankets
How to Donate Items for Recycling (resources for recycling raw materials)
Newspapers /
leaflets
Cardboard boxes
Preparation
Wash, dry and fold, then
place in a transparent or
semi-transparent plastic
bag and tie it closed.
What we accept
Preparation
What we accept
Paperbacks, comics,
dictionaries, picture books,
etc.
All types of clothes,
Japanese clothes, belts,
hats, etc.
Wash and open out.
Preparation
Preparation
Stack them and tie them with a knot both lengthwise
and crosswise.
Remove plastic waterproofing wrappings.
Stack them and tie them with a knot both lengthwise
and crosswise.
Do not bind them with packing tape. Remove delivery
receipts attached to them and so forth.
What we accept
Bags
Preparation
Place in a transparent or
semi-transparent plastic
bag.
Shoes
Preparation
Wrap them so that they will
not break and place in a
box or paper bag.
Place in a transparent or
semi-transparent plastic
bag.
*Ensure the shoes are in a
pair
Exercise shoes, leather
shoes, loafers, pumps,
boots, etc.
Handbags, tote bags,
briefcases, etc.
China /
ceramics
Preparation
What we accept
What we accept
Glass
products
Kitchen
Goods
●After collection, they will be recycled as cardboard boxes.
Preparation
Stack them and tie them with a knot both lengthwise
and crosswise.
Items that cannot be stacked can be placed into a
paper bag. Remove CDs and other plastic packaging.
What we accept
Preparation
Your goods will be sold at the
ReShop in the Ecology Center
ReSoko. Profits will go to
environmental activities and social
contribution activities in this locality.
●After collection, they will be recycled as toilet paper, tissue
paper and so on.
Preparation
Wash and shake out water, then separate into types.
Try as far as possible to remove plastic caps and so on.
What we accept
Reusable bottles
Larger bottles, beer bottles, bottles with the R
(reusable) mark, etc.
What we accept
Paperbacks, comics, magazines, catalogs, school
books and educational materials, exercise books,
pamphlets, etc.
●After collection, they can be reused as they are after being
washed.
Recycling bottles (cullet bottles)
Drink bottles, bottles for spices, beauty product bottles,
etc.
●After collection, they will be crushed and recycled as raw
material for glass or as glass fibers and so on.
●After collection, they will be recycled as cardboard or
cardboard boxes.
Cans
Metal articles
Old clothes /
blankets
Refrain from
bringing in goods
when it is raining.
What we accept
Pots and pans, frying
pans, spoons, storage
containers, drinking flasks
or canteens, etc.
Preparation
Wash and shake out water, then separate into types.
What we accept
What happens next…
Bottles
Preparation
Cups, saucers, vases,
ashtrays, etc.
Place in a box or paper
bag.
Cardboard boxes (corrugated cardboard)
●After collection, they will be recycled as newspapers /
magazines.
Books,
magazines,
miscellaneous
paper
What we accept
Paper cartons for milk and other drinks
What we accept
Newspapers, leaflets folded into newspapers
Wrap them so that they will
not break and place in a
box or paper bag.
What we accept
All types of eating utensils,
teapots, earthen pots, etc.
Paper
cartons
We also accept goods by
courier delivery.
Preparation
Wash and try to make as clean as possible.
Fully empty spray cans or gas canisters and puncture
them.
What we accept
Aluminum cans: Drink cans, etc.
Pots and pans, kettles, frying pans, metal caps for drink
bottles and so on, bottle crown caps, spoons, forks,
spray cans, etc.
Steel cans: Drink cans, confectionery tins, etc.
*We do not accept knives or other sharp objects, electronic
goods or golf clubs.
●After collection, they will be recycled as metal raw materials
by their type.
●After collection, they will be recycled into aluminum cans or
into car parts and so on.
●After collection they will be recycled as reinforcing steel, steel
beams and so on.
Preparation
Wash, dry and fold, then place in a transparent or
semi-transparent plastic bag and tie it closed. Bags
should be of a size able to be carried with one hand.
What we accept
All types of clothes, Japanese clothes, towels,
undergarments, blankets, sheets, curtains, etc.
*We do not accept futons, cushions, pillows, carpets, or mats.
●After collection, they will be exported as clothes to places
outside Japan such as Southeast Asia, or used as cloths (for
industrial use) or as recovered material (felt, thread).