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  • Since today is the first day of the new year, many other residents of Japan will be in the same boat as me with a change in the disposal rules - our town now requires recyclable plastic and PET bottles separated, and other plastic thrown out as burnables rather than all together as before.

    Hated housework in Japan 2009

  • Glass separation has increased from two to three categories, plus uncleanable glass like nail polish bottles becomes unburnable rubbish which now gets thrown out with the burnables, I think.

    Hated housework in Japan 2009

  • Checking my local rubbish collection rules, I see that the cartridges are burnables, so in Q3 are about one in five incorrectly disposing of their items?

    Canon and Epson dominate Japanese home printer market 2009

  • We plan to build an incinerator for the burnables and compost the compostables.

    On France, Alabama, Uganda and Collard Greens 2006

  • At my house, we burn the burnables, use the garbage disposal for the organics, leaving only plastic and glass for the garbage truck.

    On France, Alabama, Uganda and Collard Greens 2006

  • Food and burnables to go, everything else to stay.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Food and burnables to go, everything else to stay.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • The Prahbrindrah Drah had begun razing parts of the ruined city, building by building, salvaging burnables where he could.

    She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

  • The smoke had the immediate effect of driving out everything that could leap or fly; Blade bundled other burnables together into two torches and they lit both at the fire and proceeded to char the interior.

    The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • The smoke had the immediate effect of driving out everything that could leap or fly; Blade bundled other burnables together into two torches and they lit both at the fire and proceeded to char the interior.

    The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996

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