Comment by insane_dreamer
1 day ago
The fact that Japan still has so much single use plastic is really puzzling especially since it has a relatively small landmass so no much room for landfills.
1 day ago
The fact that Japan still has so much single use plastic is really puzzling especially since it has a relatively small landmass so no much room for landfills.
They burn it :-)
On this note, the exterior of an incinerator in Osaka was 'refurbished' by the Austrian artist Huntertwasser, who was certainly an interesting person.
https://hundertwasser.com/en/architecture/arch122_mop_maishi...
If you're ever in Vienna, there is a museum of his design that is worth visiting - it's quite unlike anything I've visited before/since
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasserhaus
Exactly this. They just burn pretty much everything. I have no idea what the carbon capture situation is like in Japan. But at least they use the waste heat to power municipal baths.
That's surprising to me since they have one of the best average air quality scores of any country (that's avaiable with gmaps).
Interesting. And how do they handle the toxic fumes?
That is an active area of research.
They breath then, that's how...