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Oversized garbage in Nakano City: fees and how to dispose
Step by step
- BookBy phone, online, fax. Online booking (Japanese)
- PayBuy a paid oversized-waste ticket (粗大ごみ処理券) — Ticket A (¥200) or Ticket B (¥300) — at a cleaning office or other designated shop, and attach it to the item
- Put it outOn your collection day, put the item out at the place you were told, early in the morning.
Fees by item
Nakano City lists item fees only in its official booking system. Search the official list (Japanese).
Not accepted as oversized garbage
- Air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators/freezers, washing machines/clothes dryers (covered by the Home Appliance Recycling Law)
- Computers (covered by the Act on Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources)
- Pianos, motorcycles, tires, fireproof safes, fire extinguishers
- Items roughly longer than 2m, thicker than 30cm, or heavier than 70kg
Support and fee waivers
- For households made up only of residents aged 65+, those certified as needing support/care, or holders of a Physical Disability Certificate grade 1–2, with no one available to help carry items out, a carry-out collection may be arranged by consulting the cleaning office (carry-out fee up to ¥3,200 per visit, plus the separate item processing fee)
Official sources (Japanese)
- https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/kurashi/gomi/sodaigomi/jizenmoshikomi.html
- https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/faq/gomi/sodaigomi01.html
- https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/faq/gomi/sodaigomi02.html
- https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/faq/gomi/gomi23.html
- https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/kurashi/gomi/syusyushinaimono.html