Open burning (field burning) is prohibited by law and ordinance.

Burning waste without using incineration facilities, known as "open burning (yobaki)," is prohibited by the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act and the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance on Ensuring the Health and Safety of Citizens.
Burning waste outdoors not only generates harmful substances such as dioxins, but it also poses a significant nuisance to nearby residents due to smoke and odors.
Do not burn garbage outdoors (open burning); please follow the sorting methods and dispose of it on the designated day.

In addition, grass and pruning branches from your home can be disposed of for free. Pruning branches with leaves removed can be taken to the chipping site, or you can bundle up to two bundles and put them out on Burnable Garbage day. Removed leaves and grass can be placed in transparent or semi-transparent bags, with up to two bags allowed on Burnable Garbage day.
For information on chipping of pruned branches, please refer to the page below.

• Recycling of Household Pruning Branches

Starting from April 2020, for agricultural producers (including production groups) within the city, when bringing pruned branches and other materials generated from agricultural work to the Tama River Clean Center, the processing fee can be waived.
For more details, please contact the Waste and Recycling Section of the Living Environment Division.

Examples of prohibited outdoor burning (open burning)

1. Incineration in incinerators that do not meet legal standards
2. Incineration of waste in vacant lots
3. Incineration in one-liter cans and drums
4. Incineration facilities surrounded only by concrete blocks and iron plates

Examples of outdoor burning (open burning) exempted from prohibition

Incineration of waste for customs and religious events

(e.g.) festivals, burning of New Year's decorations, bonfire

Incineration activities necessary for school education and social education

(e.g.) campfires, baked sweet potatoes, pottery making

Other incineration activities recognized as particularly unavoidable

(e.g.) emergency measures during disasters, pest control for trees and crops, activities unavoidable in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, wood-fired baths and wood stoves

Note: However, even for the above examples of outdoor burning (open burning) that are exempt from prohibition, consideration for the living environment is necessary, and if there are complaints from neighboring residents, it will be subject to guidance.

If smoke that resembles a fire is rising

In the case of outdoor burning (open burning) examples exempted from prohibition mentioned above, if smoke resembling a fire rises during burning, notification to the Inagi City Fire Department is required; however, this does not legalize (permit) open burning.