Trash rules tighter for Americans living outside Misawa city limits

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Trash rules tighter for Americans living outside Misawa city limits
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, April 24, 2008

MISAWA, Japan — Some 600 Americans living off base are getting schooled in recycling.

Trash rules for American families whose homes are outside Misawa city limits changed this month, according to base housing officials.

Americans living in Oirase and Rokunohe towns must separate burnable from non-burnable items.

Within Misawa city, unsorted trash is picked up and separated by a city contractor, according to Shuichi Kitamura of Tohoku Planning, a housing agency in Misawa.

The contractor for many years had also collected unsorted trash for Americans living outside the city, Kitamura said.


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