Becoming a Japanese Waste Management Specialist

RE-UPLOAD. Had to block out the recycling company’s info.

Little did Aiko know, that instead of making a video about recycling, she was training to become a Japanese Waste Management Specialist.

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20 thoughts on “Becoming a Japanese Waste Management Specialist”

  1. tfw you work 16 hours a day 7 days a week just to come home and crave a beer after a hard day and realize you have to organize your trash for another 8 hours until it's time to go to work again.
    Oh Japan, never change.

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  2. In Australia we must recycle everything, recycling goes into a separate bin inside the house & then once every 2 weeks the council collects it in a large 200 litre bin.. all paper, glass, cardboard, tin etc goes off to the local rubbish tip where it is sold & then separated & recycled into new products ..

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  3. "How do I recycle where i'm from?" Im going to learn about how my country recycles and how I can improve my recycling habits and knowledge.

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  4. In the philippines πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ we cut up paper, plastic e.t.c in small bits and put then into 1litre softdrink bottles πŸ™‚ which u get money for filling up 20 bottles in a month !

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  5. In Warsaw, Poland people have so called "kitchen waste"(soiled or oily paper, vegie peels, leafs, etc.) which goes to the local compost site, "dry waste", which is clean plastic and paper , small pieces of wood, art supplies, etc. which goes mainly to recycling and there are also separate glass containers. We used to have glass separated by colour – no colour and colour – but I haven't seen them in years, so I guess it was a bit too much hassle. Old batteries can be left in local shops and malls, old tablets and medicine is collected by local pharmacies. Each block of flats has their own collection space for all of these and 3-4 times a year we get a huge container at the back door for other "large-size trash" – old furniture, metal scraps, pipes or house appliances, even though the latter can be left in any appliance shop when you buy a new item in it, like an oven or a fridge. There is a law they have to recycle it for you if you ask. You can also call a special company, that collects "electrical waste" for you; they do it free of charge. They get money for selling components and metal. We also have people scavenging, mainly for soda cans and plastic caps, but these we usually donate locally for different purposes. And we do have weekly rounds, too. πŸ™‚ Only with a collection area we can take out the trash anytime we want. People living in houses have to remember out this, though. My parents who live in a small town have a rigid schedule on that. If you forget about it – you have to keep it in your house and wait for the collecting day again.

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  6. I've never seen anyone that excited about garbage collection before XD

    I grew up in Ohio, and lived in Indiana for a while. In both places, you had to pay for recycling. It was an extra service through the waste management company or city. There wasn't much sorting done at home – just toss anything recyclable into the green or blue bins.
    Here in Seattle, they take it more seriously (though not as much as Japan!)
    In Seattle proper (as opposed to outlying areas), not only do they recycle, but they require (by way of a law that's quite frankly difficult to enforce) composting. Food scraps, greasy pizza boxes, etc, all get composted in commercial compost facilities. Then, once a year, everyone in Seattle gets a coupon for mulch/fertilizer made from the compost. It's also used on all the greenery and parks around. There's also neighborhood gardens, where you can pay to rent a garden plot, that usually have a compost bin (but they're not public use, so you can't just toss in your banana peel if you're out for a walk!).
    We also do regular recycling (for free! I was surprised when I first moved here). They ask that you clean stuff, but it seems like a lot of people don't. Again, no pre-sorting.
    Like you guys, we got a flier in the mail (sent anytime the post office knows someone's moved into the area) explaining the recycling system.
    Of course, there's regular trash too. I always find I have about 2x as much in recycling – which is great – all that volume being diverted from landfills!

    I LOVE the idea of having stickers for special items! That way they definitely get paid for, and the garbage company knows to take it. Here, you have to call ahead and schedule a pick up, on top of paying a fee. Due to that, sometimes people just leave large items (mattresses, furniture, large, broken electronics) by the curb in hopes someone will come by and take it. Or worse, drag it to a dead-end street and leave it there. It's not very common to see in most places, but it does happen, unfortunately.

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  7. I live in brooklyn ny and we started a composting program. And we do paper, recyclable, and regular waste. Large furniture gets a scheduled pickup on recycling days and things like refrigerators have to be called in because of the toxic chemicals. By law, any place that sells you electronics must also accept electronics for recycling.

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  8. So…you're not allowed to throw whole items out and let the company sort them? You actually have to divide paper, plastic, glass, etc? Wow. We'd need an entire closet just for recyclable garbage at my house if we had to do this.

    This is certainly the most organized and probably effective way to recycle, but my god would it take a long time to do that with every single bottle, jar, and box we use.

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  9. Justin Bieber is a garbage collector? I did not see that coming lol πŸ˜‚. I don't think that he's qualified. Not a fan, sorry. But I love these clips πŸ˜‰ πŸ‘. I liked びん、even I got that one.

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  10. No recycling in India. You can use stuff on your own or everything is mixed. Then the a person comes to take the waste. And then it is sent to open dumping area

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  11. Our country (The Netherlands) can learn a lot from yours. Our stuff does not have to be washed out. We have a container for paper, one for greens (waste food if you choose to throw it away and garden greens). A big plastic bag for plastic, but since a short time milkcartons can go in there too. Also all the caps go into the same bag for plastic. And the last container is for like tissues, tin cans and everything else. This is what we collect at home. Which the garbage trucks pick up once a week or 2 weeks. Different days for different garbage. For things like batteries there are places/bins to 'dump' them around supermarkets.
    Oh and outside there are places where you can throw all your glass away, sorted on color.

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