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One week's worth of plastic waste, used and collected by one Japanese family trying to reduce the plastic waste it generates and its carbon footprint.

One week's worth of plastic waste, used and collected by one Japanese family trying to reduce the plastic waste it generates and its carbon footprint. Image: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Naoko Ishii
Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
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