The simple way this Japanese town has become nearly zero-waste

Separating garbage between paper and plastic can be time consuming. However, compared with the recycling work of the residents of a small village, Kamikkatsu in Southwest Japan, this is nothing.

As explained in the video found by Fast Company, they classify garbage into 34 different categories of garbage. Residents categorize waste into super-specific categories such as aluminum cans, steel cans, cartons, paper flyers

In 2003, the city began implementing a strict zero waste program. The city once burned garbage, but eventually recognized the damage to the environment. It is proved that garbage incinerators emit large quantities of greenhouse gases and toxins, which can damage food supplies

Residents need time to adapt to the troublesome work of cleaning, sorting, and bringing in garbage to the selection center in the town. (Residents classify garbage before brought to the center, but the workers there will make garbage enter the correct trash box).

There are stores in the town where you can put your own clothes and furniture in a place you do not want, and you can exchange old things for free things other people placed.

On the street there are factories where local women manufacture products with used products such as old kimono teddy bear.

Akira Sakano, deputy chief executive officer of Zero Waste Academy, a dedicated nonprofit organization dedicated to Kamikatsu's sustainability goal, says:

This process saved the village three years before the cost of garbage incineration. By 2020, the prize wishes that waste will be zero.

According to World Bank 's World Bank report by the World Bank, the amount of garbage generated is increasing more rapidly than urbanization. By 2025, this organization estimates that 4 billion people will live in cities around the world, each of which delivers about 3 pounds of waste a day. This is more than twice the current average.

Besides the victory, cities all over the world are working on reducing waste. For example, in 2015, San Diego announced plans to reduce waste to 75% by 2030 and zero waste by 2040. New York City also has an ambitious plan to achieve wasteful processing within 15 years.

This might seem overkill, but a small Japanese town has a population of over 1,700 people, and its goal is to become the country 's first "lean" community by 2020. Also, they are almost there. According to the video, Kamikatsu recycles about 80% of the waste and the last 20% enters the landfill. This progress is 12 years old. In 2003, Shinkin announced the waste of ambition. In order to avoid harming the environment and the population, the town abandoned the custom of throwing out garbage with wildfire.

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Capannori is a small town that leads Europe to achieve its lean goal throughout the continent. It began when local activists abandoned the proposal of incineration plants in 1997 and developed alternative proposals. It is a waste tax that rewards residents with less recyclable waste. According to IPS news coverage, the town gave garbage bags to residents, followed by passwords to track waste generated from each household. This is just the beginning of long-term education, and the amount of waste generated by each person between 2004 and 2012 has decreased by nearly 40%. For the sale of recycled items, the lean plan is economically self-sufficient and furthermore they earn money in the city.