A resident of Kamikatsu shows off recycling bins for brown glass bottles, one of 45 categories into which residents sort their garbage. Photo: YouTube / Seeker Stories A resident of Kamikatsu shows off recycling bins for brown glass bottles, one of 45 categories into which residents sort their garbage. Photo: YouTube / Seeker Stories
A resident of Kamikatsu shows off recycling bins for brown glass bottles, one of 45 categories into which residents sort their garbage. Photo: YouTube / Seeker Stories
Asia /  East Asia

Japan’s ‘zero waste town’ is so good at recycling that it is attracting foreign visitors

Residents of Kamikatsu diligently sort their waste into 45 different categories so it can be recycled, reused or composted

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Associated Press
Associated Press

Updated: 7:32pm, 17 Jun, 2019

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A resident of Kamikatsu shows off recycling bins for brown glass bottles, one of 45 categories into which residents sort their garbage. Photo: YouTube / Seeker Stories A resident of Kamikatsu shows off recycling bins for brown glass bottles, one of 45 categories into which residents sort their garbage. Photo: YouTube / Seeker Stories
A resident of Kamikatsu shows off recycling bins for brown glass bottles, one of 45 categories into which residents sort their garbage. Photo: YouTube / Seeker Stories
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