When off-base residents don’t sort garbage properly, the mistakes can damage Japanese sorting machines, and most times Japanese trash haulers won’t pick up items not bagged or sorted properly. For ...

There is one of those fabulous stories that shows just how wacky the Japanese are in the NY Times today. Since Japan has very little land available for garbage dumping, many towns and villages sort ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan, May 12 (UPI) -- Land-scarce Japan incinerates 80 percent of its garbage while the United States dumps 80 percent of its trash into landfills. While many Americans struggle to sort ...

Japan will take strict action against violators. Beginning March next year, Japan will name and shame those found flouting rules regarding sorting and disposal of garbage. The municipal corporation of ...