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Kamikatsu, Japan’s zero-waste town, has lessons for a sustainable future

Kamikatsu, Japan’s zero-waste town, has lessons for a sustainable future

Tucked away in the mountains of Japan’s Shikoku island, a town of about 1,500 residents is on an ambitious path toward a zero-waste life.

The no-waste goal that succeeded by failing

The no-waste goal that succeeded by failing

Today, more than 80 percent of the village's waste is kept out of incinerators and landfill, but the transformation wasn't easy or quick.

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