Kamikatsu’s Zero Waste Campaign: An Eco-Friendly Proposal for the Entire World

Zero Waste Academy’s Sakano Akira continues to look for ways to improve in the Zero Waste Campaign.

Established in 2006, Kurukuru Shop promotes reuse.

Established in 2007, Kurukuru Workshop makes clothing and personal articles. Items made with cloth from Boy’s Day carp streamers are especially popular.

Prints of scales from carp streamers were used in the design of these items.

These bags and other articles were made by assembling pieces of kimono cloth.

These bags and other articles were made by assembling pieces of kimono cloth.

Café Polestar has been certified in five of the six categories in the Zero Waste Certification scheme.

Ristorante Pertornare displays its certificate seals in five categories on its entrance.

A poster on display at Waste Station reads: “If you can utilize it, it’s an asset, and if you can sort it, it’s a resource.”

The lush natural environs of Kamikatsu are safeguarded by the Zero Waste Campaign.