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Residents feel more responsible for the garbage that they put out, and there is increased awareness among people in terms of reducing the amount of trash.

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A Shinagawa Ward official, referring to the Tokyo ward's door-to-door trash collection system, raher than using general collection points.

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Ditto on the insane amounts of plastic used in Japan. Does an individual friggin' banana need to be sheathed in plastic when nature has already given it a skin?

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Too much wrapping and too much plastic. Why wrap fruit when most don't need it?

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Pretty impressed with the recycling system in place in the neighborhood, here. The massive wheelie bins they brought in to my borough back in the other country were a bit awkward and stinky.

I do miss the garden composter, mind.

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the next step is to reduce overwrapping and plastics. Go to the source.

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