Garbage Separation

Garbage Stations

On the campus, all garbage should be disposed of at the 9 Garbage Stations shown below. Please refer to the map below for the locations.

How to Sort Garbage

At Komaba Festival, garbage is classified into 9 categories. The categories and their examples are listed below. Please follow them when you dispose of garbage.

Burnable Garbage

• Paper cups
• Waste papers
• Takoyaki trays
• Contents of a wet wipe

Disposable Chopsticks, Skewer & Toothpick

• Disposable chopsticks
• Skewers
• Toothpicks
• Wooden spoons and forks

Bottle & Can

• Glass bottles (caps are non-burnable garbage)
• Cans

Plastic Bottle

• Beverage plastic bottles

Vinyl & Plastic

• Plastic bags
• Plastic containers
• Plastic packings for food and snacks
• Packings of a wet wipe

Food Waste

• Leftovers

Unburnable Garbage

• Rubber bands
• Aluminum foils
• Soiled plastic containers
• Films of a peelable container

Recycled papers, Flyers, Booklets

• Newspapers
• Flyers
• Booklets

Peelable Containers

• Peelable container bodies

Eco Project

The Eco Project, run by the Komaba Festival Committee, aims to let more people know about the environmental measures taken by the Committee. The specific measures to minimize the environmental impacts are mentioned below. In addition, there are fun quizzes that let you learn more about waste separation at the festival.

Measures to Minimize the Environmental Impacts

Eco-friendly Containers

At Komaba Festival, eco-friendly containers are used.For example, peelable containers have special plastic films that can be peeled off. You can dispose of the containers without washing them by peeling off the films. This container contributes to reducing the amount of solid waste to less than one-third. Additionally, the festival uses paper cups made from recycled paper and disposable chopsticks made from sustainably sourced woods.

Environmental Policy Guidelines

The 75th Komaba Festival Committee has established the “Environmental Policy Guidelines,” declaring that the committee will take environmental measures to minimize environmental impacts and to contribute to the preservation of the environment. These guidelines outline the actions the Committee should take to minimize the environmental impacts and to ensure that the festivals can be held continuously, while fulfilling the social responsibility of the Committee.

Environmental Agenda

Based on the “Environmental Policy Guidelines,” the Committee has developed the “Environmental Agenda.” This aims to raise awareness about the environmental measures by the Committee. For the full text, please refer to the “Environmental Policy Guidelines.”

Certification System for Compliance with Excellence Standards

Tokyo Prefecture has a system called the Certification System for Compliance with Excellence Standards. This system evaluates excellent industrial waste transportation and disposal companies that engage in proper processing, recycling and eco-friendly practices. This is conducted by the Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation, a third party designated by Tokyo Prefecture.

• Legal Compliance
• Business Stability
• Environmental Activities

Certified companies are categorized into “experts” and “professionals” in industrial waste disposal, based on how much they have achieved the standards. Certified as “experts” are companies that meet; ①100% of compliance, ②over 80% of stability, ③over 60% of activities.Certified as “professionals” are companies that meet 100% of compliance and over 60% of stability.The 75th Komaba Festival Committee ensures that all the industrial waste from the festival is handled by “experts” of the disposal of the industrial waste.