In Tokyo, there are (0) APPROXIMATELY (APPROXIMATE) five main categories of trash, with multiple 1CATEGORY and exceptions. Each category is collected only on certain days. The apartment manager puts out the proper cans on the proper days, and if you don't take the stuff out in time, it's like missing a ferry, only 2SMELL. That is the height of 3RESPONSIBILITY. The catchall category is 4COMBUST waste. This is for stuff that should go to the 5INCINERATE. Plastic is not just any plastic. It has to be 6NEW and clean without food stains. It is your obligation as a citizen to make a good-faith effort to wash food 7RESIDE off the plastic before putting it in the Plastic bin. Not all plastic is Plastic, but paper is the worst. You're supposed to bundle your newspapers and then slip small pieces of paper in between the newspapers to act as 8SEPARATE. These parcels are then tied up and placed at group collection points for collection by voluntary community groups.