Trash and Recycling in Japan

Learn · Practice · Understand

What you will learn

• Keep your waste contained until you find an appropriate disposal point
• Check the labels and openings at each public waste station before sorting
• Follow the disposal method provided by your accommodation
• Ask staff when a label or local instruction is unclear
• Recover safely after a wrong-bin drop without reaching into facility equipment

Activities

1. 01Tap ChoiceNot started

   Carry waste responsibly

   Choose the response that best fits the situation.

   You have finished a drink and a wrapped snack in a public place, but there is no suitable bin nearby.

   Start activity
2. 02Point & ChooseNot started

   Check the bin labels

   Read the scene and choose the best area.

   A station or visitor facility has several waste openings with pictograms and labels.

   Start activity
3. 03Tap ChoiceNot started

   Follow accommodation rules

   Choose the response that best fits the situation.

   Your hotel or registered vacation rental provides its own waste-sorting and collection instructions.

   Start activity
4. 04Tap ChoiceNot started

   Recover after a wrong-bin drop

   Choose the response that best fits the situation.

   At a staffed visitor facility, a plastic bottle has already dropped into an opening whose pictogram does not match; one can remains in your hand.

   Start activity

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