The people of Kitakyushu are working together to create a recycling-oriented community that produces no waste.
THE name Kitakyushu is somewhat legendary in green circles. Once a highly-polluted industrial city in Japan, it cleaned itself up, thanks to the combined efforts of citizens, industries and government, and in 1990, received the Global 500 Award from the United Nations Environment Programme.
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