Are Spiders Combustible Waste?

The title above was a genuine question asked on the first night in the apartment when we were looking to dispose of a rather large spider that had been located in the bedroom. And yes, the answer is very important. First, some background.

One of the first things we did when we reached our apartment, as we were unpacking, was to dispose of our boarding cards that were in our pockets. A simple enough proposition, you just put them in the recycling bin and you're done with it.

Only one problem. This is Japan, home of reuse and recycle, there is no "recycling" bin. There are many and it's up to you to manage them. Japan is one of the highest recyclers in the world with up to 77% of all plastics recycled every year.

For illustration, this is the poster on the wall of the kitchen in the apartment that helpfully tells us what goes where.

Well, at least it's in English.

This was the start of a month long trend of standing in the kitchen trying to determine which of the five different bags we needed to put something in. Recyclable plastics, plastic bottles, glass bottles, combustible waste and incombustible waste. I'm sure we missed one somewhere.

For reference, we decided the spider counted as Kitchen Waste, but the tissue was unrecyclable paper.