資し源げんごみ

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Meanings

noun

recyclable waste; recyclable garbage

Refers to waste that can be recycled, such as paper, plastic, cans, and bottles, as opposed to burnable or non-burnable trash. Common in municipal waste sorting contexts.

資し源げんごみは毎まい週しゅう水すい曜よう日びに出だしてください。
Please put out recyclable waste every Wednesday.
ペットボトルは資し源げんごみとして分ぶん別べつされます。
Plastic bottles are sorted as recyclable waste.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を資し源げんごみとして出だすto put something out as recyclable waste
空あき缶かんとペットボトルを資し源げんごみとして出だした。
I put out the empty cans and plastic bottles as recyclable waste.
資し源げんごみの日ひrecyclable waste collection day
今日きょうは資し源げんごみの日ひなので、新しん聞ぶん紙しをまとめて出だした。
Today is recycling collection day, so I bundled up the newspapers and put them out.
〈物もの〉を資し源げんごみに分ぶん類るいするto sort something as recyclable waste
ガラス瓶びんは資し源げんごみに分ぶん類るいされる。
Glass bottles are classified as recyclable waste.

Kanji

資assets, resources, capital
源source, origin
塵dust, trash, garbage

Don't confuse with

燃もえるゴミN3
資源ごみ is waste sorted out for recycling (paper, cans, bottles), while 燃えるごみ is ordinary burnable trash collected on a different day.
燃もえないゴミN3
資源ごみ covers recyclable materials, whereas 燃えないごみ is non-burnable trash like metal or ceramic items that cannot be recycled locally.
粗そ大だいごみN2
資源ごみ is small recyclable items sorted by material, while 粗大ごみ refers to large bulky items like furniture that require special disposal.
生なまゴミN3
生ゴミ is non-recyclable organic kitchen waste, whereas 資源ゴミ refers to recyclable materials like cans, bottles, and paper.

Written forms

資し源げんごみ
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
資し源げんゴミ
Katakana variant sometimes seen on signs or labels.
資し源げん塵ごみ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 塵; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 資源 (shigen, 'resource') and ごみ (gomi, 'trash'). The term reflects the concept of waste as a resource to be recycled.