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View all search resultsThe key to its success was inventing a currency to encourage collection: each 250 grams of plastic collected can be redeemed for a plastic coin, which in turn can be traded for a range of goods at a store run by the charity.
Greenpeace Japan said the annual waste translates into 1 million single-use plastic and paper cups a day, which, if stacked on top of each other, are "equivalent to the height of more than 10,000 Mt. Fujis," reaching an altitude of over 37,000 kilometers.
The Environment and Forestry Ministry has acknowledged the efforts of four companies to reduce the amount of plastic they use and produce in an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the country.
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