When you become a resident of Takayama, the city's Waste Disposal Center sends you (or gives you at the time of Non-Japanese Registration) garbage disposal stickers and recyclable garbage disposal stickers free of charge. Please put one of the stickers on every bag of garbage you throw out, otherwise the city will not pick up your garbage. Every March the city will send you new stickers, if you run out of stickers before this time you will need to purchase additional ones at one of the Beikoku or Nokyo shops (70 yen each).

Through this system, the city is encouraging citizens to reduce the amount of waste and also promote their awareness of recycling resources.

For more details, please contact city's Waste Disposal Center or the International Affairs Office.