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"The Zero Waste Center in Kamikatsu, Japan, looks like a peculiar kind of flea
market: everything from metal ring pulls to plastic bottle lids, mirrors and
thermometers are neatly stored in a row of yellow baskets.
The bric-a-brac of objects, far from being a disordered mess, have been
carefully collected, sorted and deposited into 45 individual types of waste
disposal containers by the town’s residents.
“Sorting waste into 45 different categories is much more difficult than you
might imagine,”says Hiroshi Nakamura, the architect who designed and
constructed the pioneering space, “but they are willing to do it.”
Built on the site of a former incinerator, the center has become the
centerpiece of an ambitious goal: Kamikatsu’s effort to reuse or recycle
everything it produces. In doing so, the town of less than 2,000 people, set on
the Japanese island of Shikoku, has become a world-leading example of how a
community can eliminate waste."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
