Second in a series
Staff writer
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Eiko Kotani's backyard is known the nation over for its garbage. A resident of Tokorozawa's Kunugiyama district for nearly two decades, she has spent the last nine years watching the forest behind her home become a haven for waste incinerators.
Today, the area goes by the colorful moniker "industrial waste Ginza."
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