A mountain town that sorts its rubbish into 45 categories
Kamikatsu, a small town in Tokushima, declared Japan's first zero-waste goal in 2003; residents wash, sort and bring their waste to a central station.
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Reuse
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A teenager's scrap-metal windmill in rural Malawi
After famine forced him out of school, 14-year-old William Kamkwamba used a library book and scrap parts to build a windmill that brought electric light to his family's home.
The Amsterdam meet-up that made repair social again
In 2009 Martine Postma held a free repair meet-up in Amsterdam. The idea of volunteers helping neighbours fix broken things has since spread to thousands of Repair Cafés worldwide.
The women of N'jau who turned plastic bags into purses
In a Gambian village with no rubbish collection, Isatou Ceesay and a handful of women began crocheting discarded plastic bags into purses to sell, creating income and cleaner streets.