資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)

しげんかいしゅう
noun
resource collection; recyclable collection
1. resource collection; recyclable collection; recycling pickup
The organized collection of recyclable materials such as paper, cans, bottles, and plastic for reuse or recycling. A routine part of waste management in Japanese communities, with designated collection days and sorting rules.
明日(あした)は資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)の日(ひ)だ。
Tomorrow is recyclable collection day.
新聞(しんぶん)や段(だん)ボールは資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)に出(だ)してください。
Please put out newspapers and cardboard for recyclable collection.
この地区(ちく)では、月(つき)に二回(にかい)資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)が行(おこな)われ、住民(じゅうみん)がペットボトルや空(あ)き缶(かん)を分別(ぶんべつ)して出(だ)している。
In this district, recyclable collection takes place twice a month, and residents sort and put out plastic bottles and empty cans.

Composed of 資源(しげん) (resources) and 回収(かいしゅう) (collection; recovery). In Japan, waste sorting and recycling are taken seriously at the community level. Most neighborhoods have specific days for 資源回収(しげんかいしゅう), separate from 燃(も)えるごみ (burnable trash) and 燃(も)えないごみ (non-burnable trash).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)の日(ひ): recyclable collection day
  • 資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)に出(だ)す: to put out for recyclable collection
  • 資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)ボックス(ぼっくす): recycling collection box
  • 資源回収(しげんかいしゅう)業者(ぎょうしゃ): recycling collection company

RELATED TERMS:

  • 資源(しげん)ごみ: recyclable waste — the items themselves
  • 分別(ぶんべつ): waste sorting
  • リサイクル: recycling (general loanword)
  • 廃品回収(はいひんかいしゅう): used goods collection — similar but emphasizes the items are discarded
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Added 2026.5.4 21:46
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