Topic: [The Guardian] ‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future (Read 1925 times)

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‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future

For 20 years Kamikatsu has led the way in the world’s second biggest producer of plastic waste

The residents of a remote village on the Japanese island of Shikoku have spent almost two decades reusing, recycling and reducing, united behind a mission to end their dependence on incinerators and landfill as the world struggles to tackle the climate emergency and the plastic waste crisis.

Although Kamikatsu, an hour’s drive from the nearest city, Tokushima, and 370 miles from Tokyo, has not managed to banish waste altogether, its heroic efforts have inspired other communities in Japan and further afield to take up the zero-waste challenge.

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Topic: [The Guardian] ‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future (Read 1925 times)

[The Guardian] ‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future

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