Postcards from Kamikatsu, Japan's 'zero waste' town
Postcards from Kamikatsu, Japan's 'zero waste' town
The story of a town in Japan that has tried to make a systemic design approach a reality. What is striking in this case study is the level of commitment and belief of the participants in the value of this experiment as it evolves into a way of living.
In 2003, Kamikatsu became the first municipality in Japan to make a zero-waste declaration. Since then, the town has transformed its open-air burning practices for waste disposal into a system of buying, consuming and discarding with the goal of reaching carbon neutrality. Now, the town estimates it is more than 80 percent of its way toward meeting that goal by 2030.
by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma, published in the Washington Post
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