Why Japan Has Few Dumps and Streets so Clean - 28/09/2026 - Environment

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Anyone visiting Tokyo ends, sooner or later, by loading an empty cup of coffee or the wrapping of a snack for hours, looking in vain for a dumpster. Japan is famous for its impeccable streets, but paradoxically it is almost impossible to find where to dump the trash. The explanation has nothing to do with order or any ... Continue reading "The mysterious case of the missing dumpsters from the streets of Tokyo: It is not because they are ordered"

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If you spend a day walking through Tokyo, it is possible that you end up carrying an empty cup of coffee, the packaging of a 7-Eleven egg sandwich and a growing feeling of perplexity. Japan is famous for cleaning, but why is it so hard to find where to throw the garbage? read more (09/28/2026)

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One of the first things that travelers notice in Japan is the extremely clean streets – but also the rare trash cans. If you spend a day sightseeing in Tokyo, you might find yourself at one point with an empty cup of coffee and a sandwich wrapper in hand, walking for miles without a trash can in sight. How is it possible that […]