Bulk Trash

　　There are five PCs and several parts of PCs which are lying idle since long ago in my house. They are outdated. You might wonder why I hadn't done away with them. Honestly, I've wanted to throw them away, but I couldn't. The rules about garbage collection are strict and we are required to make a classification of garbage on the basis of materials. Especially, several items were rejected to be collected by the municipal collection service. PCs are one of those items. Just for your information, I wrote about such bulk trash before.
　　The system of recycling materials in Japan is thorough. I saw the plastic bottle return system in Germany last year and I thought it was good, but it was for recovering the deposit money added on the bottles. I also wrote about it before. Come to think of it, it's great for Japanese people to support the system voluntarily. Anyway, I decided finally to ask a junk dealer to collect them with a fee, though electronics emporiums receive them with the cost of disposal. Oh, I almost fogot, I have to erase their data on the HDD before passing them to the dealer.
　　By the way, modern life never avoids consuming materials and producing garbage. I think before my outdated PCs that I have to spend life with as less waste as possible for the next generation.

(Vocabulary)
bulk [bulky, big, huge] trash〔家具、冷蔵庫、テレビなど〕粗大ごみ
idle 《通例[名]の前不可》 使用されていない, 稼動していない, 遊んでいる
The factory has been idle since May. 工場は5月から稼動していない．
sit/stand/lie idle  放置されている, 遊んだままになっている
do away with  (不要なものを)捨てる
for your information　ご参考までに（申し添えておきますが）、ちなみに、後学のため◆【略】FYI　場合によってかなりキツイ言い方になる。
voluntarily  自発的に／無償で
junk dealer / rag collector / recycle service 廃品回収業者
fee（サービスに対する）手数料
an electronics emporium 大型家電店

Comments

[KUMO]

Thank you Shiroi Tora!

I imagine that you can use Japanese. Try here!

I learned some words and phrases from your comment, like "alluvial", "bog down", "leach",,,. It's a great opportunity to make my vocabulary increased.

[Shiroi Tora]

In the USA, the recommended method of Hard Drive disposal security is by physical destruction. They recommend you drill holes through the discs through the drive...or by smashing it with a hammer. Normal computers don't fully erase anything. There are some erasing softwares that supposedly erase to NSA standards. Normal people don't usually have to worry about it so much.

Sensitive information on your computer demands physical destruction.

I am amazed with the logistical demands that Japan must bear. It has almost half the population of the USA in an area the size of California....and much of that mountainous. With most of the population along the coast and the alluvial plains...the amount of sewage and garbage produced must be staggering.

With Japan being a high tech loving nation...the amount of recycling necessary to keep your landfills from bogging down or leaching heavy metals must be quite the task.