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資源ごみ (shigengomi) Japanese meaning: recyclable waste | Kotomora
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Please put out recyclable waste every Wednesday.
Plastic bottles are sorted as recyclable waste.
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
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
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
Glass bottles are classified as recyclable waste.
Kanji 資 assets, resources, capital Don't confuse with 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.
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.
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.
