You are here: Homepage Tag Recycling Articles Japanese woodcut showing the city of Kyoto in the Edo era Illustration: DAJ / Getty Images Sustainability | Japan “Nothing was superfluous” The notion of recycling and saving resources was already an everyday reality in Japan 300 years ago. Makiko Yamaguchi reflects on the Edo era Interview with Makiko Yamaguchi 01/09/2023 Dried and inverted, these melon rinds become storage containers for snacks or sweets Photo: Roongtip Luilao Make it yourself! A bowl made from fruit How organic rubbish is turned into tableware in Bangkok. By Roongtip Luilao 10/01/2021 A Kintsugi bowl from Japan: the idea of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver or platinum lacquer probably originated in the 15th century Photo: Motoki Tonn / unsplash Make it yourself! A second lease of life for rubbish Why it’s high time for society to rethink its throwaway culture By Tapiwa Matsinde 10/01/2021
Japanese woodcut showing the city of Kyoto in the Edo era Illustration: DAJ / Getty Images Sustainability | Japan “Nothing was superfluous” The notion of recycling and saving resources was already an everyday reality in Japan 300 years ago. Makiko Yamaguchi reflects on the Edo era Interview with Makiko Yamaguchi 01/09/2023
Dried and inverted, these melon rinds become storage containers for snacks or sweets Photo: Roongtip Luilao Make it yourself! A bowl made from fruit How organic rubbish is turned into tableware in Bangkok. By Roongtip Luilao 10/01/2021
A Kintsugi bowl from Japan: the idea of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver or platinum lacquer probably originated in the 15th century Photo: Motoki Tonn / unsplash Make it yourself! A second lease of life for rubbish Why it’s high time for society to rethink its throwaway culture By Tapiwa Matsinde 10/01/2021