Start living a little more sustainably, Japanese style, with four great ideas anyone can follow with a bit of intention. Let's look at what we can all do to protect our planet together.
- ゴミの分別 Gomi no bunbetsu - Separate your waste and dispose of it properly, reducing the soil contamination that harms the environment. Waste is usually divided into burnable and non-burnable. Burnable waste is everyday rubbish such as food scraps, food packaging, plastic bags and small pieces of paper. Non-burnable waste is anything that needs very high incineration temperatures, is toxic, or requires special handling - such as batteries, aerosol cans, small electronics, metal, broken glass and ceramics.
減らす Herasu - Reduce. Use only the natural resources you need, keep consumption in proportion, and choose biodegradable alternatives such as paper, wood or certified compostable plastics.
再利用 Kamikuzu - Reuse. Putting used items back to work makes them go further, reduces overall demand for new raw materials, saves fresh resources and cuts the amount of waste we create as a society.
シゲン Shigen - Recycle. Send valuable materials back to be made into something new. Drinks packaging and condiment bottles - aluminium cans, glass jars, plastic bottles - can all be recycled so that the resources we already have keep on being useful.
We can bring these ideas into our own lives for a better quality of living. Let's do it together.
