Japan is far from perfect when it comes to excessive packaging and recycling. According to this article it actually recycles less than the US: > In the bigger

Japan is far from perfect when it comes to excessive packaging and recycling. According to this article it actually recycles less than the US: > In the bigger picture, however, Japan is a recycling laggard. According to 2014 data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the municipal recycling rate for Japan was only 21 percent, below top-ranked Germany at 48 percent, Sweden at 33 percent and the United States at 26 percent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/06/10/environment/plastic-fantastic-tokyo-recycle-waste/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/06/10/environment/pla...