Thirty four. That is the number of categories in which the small town of Kamikatsu, located 370 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, separating the waste it produces for recycling and disposal. The aim of this small agricultural town is becoming a city Zero Waste (zero Waste ), the first worldwide, For the year 2020.
So bad it is not going, because from September 2003, when it initiated this laudable effort, and thanks to a strict organization and the developed civic and ecological awareness of its inhabitants, the rice village has managed to reduce and reuse waste in a 90%.
Known for its hot springs and lush forests, Kamikatsu, a town of 2.000 inhabitants and 800 families, receives over 40...
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