About 8 to 9 million tons of plastic waste are disposed of annually in Japan, a portion of which is not recycled or incinerated and is likely finding its way into the ocean and other natural environments.
But what can we do to reduce plastic waste?
Tomoyuki Hirose, 27, a Fukuoka resident who spent July practicing a life without single-use plastics, offers some insights in videos he shared online.
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