燃もえないゴミ

also: もえないごみ

Meanings

nonburnable garbage; nonflammables

Refers to waste that cannot be incinerated, such as metal, glass, ceramics, and certain plastics. Used in the context of garbage sorting and disposal.

燃もえないゴミは月げつ曜よう日びに出だしてください。
Please put out nonburnable garbage on Mondays.
割われた皿さらは燃もえないゴミです。
Broken plates are nonburnable garbage.

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Kanji

燃burn, blaze, glow

Related words

不ふ燃ねんごみ
不燃ゴミ is a more compact, official-sounding term for the same category as 燃えないゴミ, which is the everyday phrase used in daily conversation.

Opposites

燃もえるゴミN3
燃えるゴミ is burnable garbage like food scraps and paper, while 燃えないゴミ is waste that cannot be incinerated, like metal and glass.

Don't confuse with

資し源げんごみN2
資源ゴミ refers to recyclable waste such as cans and bottles that gets reused, whereas 燃えないゴミ is nonburnable waste that is simply disposed of, not recycled.

Written forms

燃もえないゴミ
Standard mixed kanji-katakana spelling commonly seen on waste disposal signs and in municipal guidelines.
燃もえないごみ
Hiragana variant for ごみ; equally common in everyday writing.
もえないごみ

Etymology

Compound of 燃えない (negative potential form of 燃える 'to burn') and ゴミ ('garbage'). A straightforward modern term for waste sorting.