  Become A Member  Andrew Personette  Brooklyn, NY, United
States  Multidisciplinary Designer  Member since August 28, 2007
• The best Garbage (wo)men.      Environment, Environmental
Design       Japan's waste system was recently covered by the
Wall Street Journal. you have to pay to read it      Some
amazing facts      • Japan owns two thirds of the worlds waste
incinerators     • Japan recycles or burns 80% of its municiple
waste     • At its current rate of growth Japan will fill its
last landfill in 30 years      They are about to launch a new
manual for waste separation that should extend it another 20
years. Either way, they are running out of space for waste. In
that regard their programs are more stringent and a unique test
bed for future waste solutions.      This is how thier system
works now. They have three catagories for waste. 1)recyclable.
2) burnable. 3)non-burnable. Under the new program, the catagory
burnable will include rubber, up to and including small rubber
boots. It also includes s