Burnables in Japan are any combustible waste, which includes your most common household trash such as paper products, food scraps, and even some plastics that are not recyclable.
Examples of burnables in Japan are kitchen waste, tissues, plastic wrappers and small rubber items.
Kitchen waste that can go in burnables in Japan are food scraps that are drained of excess moisture, coffee grounds and small amounts of organic waste.
Paper products that can go into burnables in Japan are tissues, paper cups, paper towels, paper wrappers, unless the paper wrappers are clean recyclables like cardboard or newspapers.
Small plastics such as candy wrappers, food packaging and plastic items that are not designated for plastic recycling can go into burnables in Japan and other items like rubber items, old shoes, clothing, toys and garden waste such as grass or leaves can also go into burnables.
Other waste categories like non burnable, recyclable bottles, cans, pet containers and bulky waste also have different rules and collection methods in Japan.
To throw out a bed or other bulky waste in Japan you have to arrange for a bulky waste pickup also known as a sodai gomi through the local city office.
The process of arranging for a bulky waste pickup to dispose of a bed or mattress or other large waste involves contacting the city in Japan's oversized garbage reception center for the city of Japan that you're in and scheduling a date, purchasing a sticker or ticket also called a sodai gomi ticket for the required fee from a convenience store or supermarket and placing the bed at a designated spot on the correct morning with the ticket attached to the bed or other furniture you want to dispose of.
Some people in Japan have cut up a mattress and disposed of it bit y bit, although it can take months to throw the mattress or bedding away bit by bit.
So the easier and faster way of disposing of the bulky waste or mattress in Japan or bedding in Japan is to schedule a pickup, through the bulky waste pickup.