At an Apartment Garbage Area

Where you are

You're taking out household trash at your apartment or building's garbage area.

Do this now

• 1Check your building's or local government's collection rules first.
• 2Identify today's category before you bring the bag down.
• 3Use the required bag type if your area has one.
• 4Don't assume another city's sorting system applies here.

Why

The sorting and collection rules you follow are set locally within Japan's national waste-management framework — the categories and bags that worked at your last address may not apply here.

What kind of rule is this?