Postcards from Kamikatsu, Japan’s ‘Zero Waste Town’

A tree, barn and house are situated near each other

From Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma / The Washington Post: Kamikatus, Japan, a town of about 1,500 people, is working to become a zero waste community. It has transformed its waste disposal into a system of buying, consuming, and discarding trash and is about 80% of the way towards its goal of reaching carbon neutrality.

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