What economic model focuses on designing out waste and keeping
Chapter 1

The glass bubble that ran out of breath

Chapter 2

Ancient secrets of the three sisters

Chapter 3

The town of forty-five trash bins

Chapter 4

Surviving on cosmic drops

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Ch 3 · The town of forty-five trash bins
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Glossary
quintessence (noun)
The perfect or most typical example of a quality or idea. Sorting waste into forty-five bins is the quintessence of a zero-waste lifestyle.

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007skaty Kamikatsu Waste Sorting

In Kamikatsu, forty-five bins line up along the wall, Sorting eighty percent of every scrap from big to small.

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Shared responsibility turns a daily chore into a collective bond.

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007skaty A reward system in Brazil turns trash into fresh food

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Trading trash for tomatoes in Brazil

007skaty Since 1989, Curitiba's program has traded four kilograms of trash for one kilogram of produce, diverting 45,000 tons

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The art of extreme sorting

007skaty A precise, color-coded vector diagram maps out Kamikatsu's extreme waste sorting system.

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Tiny Bin Planet
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007skaty Sort trash into the correct bins to learn how recycling sustains a tiny planet.

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Fun Fact

Kamikatsu recycling: Kamikatsu's intense sorting system achieved an 81% recycling rate, compared to Japan's national average of just 20%.

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recycling (noun)
The action or process of converting waste into reusable material. In 2003, the Japanese village of Kamikatsu began sorting its waste into forty-five separate categories.

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Gossip

Should your city swap trash for fresh food?

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Into how many distinct categories do the residents of the zero-waste town of Kamikatsu sort their household waste?

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007skaty The zero-waste community pledge of Kamikatsu

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Could you live in a town with 45 recycling bins?

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In which country is the famous zero-waste mountain town of Kamikatsu located?

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007skaty The Japanese town of Kamikatsu practices extreme waste sorting

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What was the recycling rate achieved by the town of Kamikatsu in 2016 through its community efforts?

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007skaty Communities build circular economies to eliminate waste.

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What economic model focuses on designing out waste and keeping products and materials in use indefinitely?

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What is the nickname of Kamikatsu's Zero Waste Center, which is shaped like a question mark when viewed from above?

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What Brazilian city pioneered the Green Exchange program, allowing residents to trade trash for fresh food?

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