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Getting to zero: the Japan town trying to recycle all its waste

by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse Kamikatsu, Japan (AFP) — Plastic, paper, metal? In Japan’s Kamikatsu, sorting rubbish isn’t that simple. Residents face a mind-boggling 45 separate categories for their garbage as the town aims to be “zero-waste” by 2020. And that’s not all: there isn’t even trash collection. The 1,500 residents of the town in western Japan have to transport their waste themselves to a local facility. “Yes, it’s complicated,” said Naoko Yokoyama, a […]