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Posted Sat Jul 12 2008: from BBC:
Living in a world without waste http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1215874563
"The Mayor of Kamikatsu, a small community in the hills of eastern Japan, has urged politicians around the world to follow his lead and make their towns "Zero Waste"... Kamikatsu may be a backwater in the wooded hills and rice terraces of south-eastern Japan but it's become a world leader on waste policy. There are no waste collections from households at all. People have to take full responsibility for everything they throw away.
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I see trees of green... red roses too... folks take care of their waste... how 'bout you?...And I think to myself... what a wonderful world...

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