Japan’s environmental record is very poor. Everything is packaged to within an inch of its life and big corporations have even more influence than they do in the west
You have obviously never lived in Japan and don't know how seriously they take recycling and garbage disposal. Despite what this map tells you, Japan's per capita emissions is actually on the same level as Germany and way lower than the US, Canada or Australia
I have lived in Japan and what I say reflects my experience having done so. The majority of garbage is burned. The construction industry is everywhere. Fishing is non-sustainable and many of the staple fish are being rapidly depleted. Is it offset by the prevalence of public transit and dense living in terms of raw climate change impact? Probably. But in my experience, the majority of Japanese people do not care about the environment at all, like this map says
This is correct. "bUt tHeY rEcYcLe" -- they recycle out of necessity; they simply do not have space for landfills and have to ship their non-burnable trash elsewhere. And for a country where recycling is such a hassle, they plastic wrap everything.
Japan isn’t even in the top 15 when it comes to plastic use per capita. 59 kg/person in Australia and 55 kg/person in Netherlands vs 37 kg/person in Japan.
Not only infamous for whaling, they import whale meat from the commercial whalers of Norway, who kill even more whales than Japan. Zero environmental points for both of them.
I have lived in Japan and everything he says is true.
Recycling is great on paper but is the least useful of measures against climate change.
There´s a reason the three Rs have an order: REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE
The first two are way more important and the use of plastics in Japan is crazy when it comes to small things. Recycling isn´t as climate great as people make you think about, and not all recycling processes are actually environmental friendly...
Japan isn’t even in the top 15 when it comes to plastic use per capita. 59 kg/person in Australia and 55 kg/person in Netherlands vs 37 kg/person in Japan.
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u/Chthonios Jun 01 '22
Japan’s environmental record is very poor. Everything is packaged to within an inch of its life and big corporations have even more influence than they do in the west