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				Zero Waste Life			


			

				
Zero Waste Life


				

					8.0										2021										Documentary				


				
Meet people around Japan who strive for a life without waste under the traditional philosophy of "MOTTAINAI," which values cherishing the things we have.

				

									

						
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																		Guy Perryman
								

													

					

							

		


					

				

	

		
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									Kintsugi: Giving New Life to Broken Vessels
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				Kintsugi: Giving New Life to Broken Vessels
				15m				Using lacquer to reassemble broken vessels by pasting shards together and coating with gold or silver powder, a…			

		
				
			

									Asakusa Washi: Omikuji Recycling
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				Asakusa Washi: Omikuji Recycling
				15m				Asakusa, Tokyo, is home to many shrines and temples. Visitors often buy "omikuji," which are small pieces of…			

		
				
			

									The Toy Doctor
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				The Toy Doctor
				15m				After leaving his math teaching job Suzuki Yuichi became a doctor, but he has no license. The surgeries…			

		
				
			

									Discarded Umbrellas Reborn
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				Discarded Umbrellas Reborn
				15m				Cheap plastic umbrellas are all too easily used and thrown away in Japan. And since they're difficult to…			

		
				
			

									Lumber Rescue
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				Lumber Rescue
				15m				Azuno Tadafumi runs a rather unconventional retail space. It doesn't just carry used tools or furniture, but also…			

		
				
			

									From Rubbish to Rainbow
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				From Rubbish to Rainbow
				15m				Komuro Maito has a studio in downtown Tokyo where he works with traditional plant-based dyes. His dyes are…			

		
				
			

									Zako: Trash Fish Is Treasure
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				Zako: Trash Fish Is Treasure
				15m				Japanese chef Kai Kosei offers dishes featuring "Zako," fish with little or no market value. Either because they're…			

		
				
			

									Waste Wood Sonata
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				Waste Wood Sonata
				15m				For over 40 years Tsukamoto Yoshifusa has used scrap wood from old Japanese houses to make violins. Carefully…			

		
				
			

									Floral Incarnation
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				Floral Incarnation
				15m				Flowers accompany life's most important moments. But there's a sadness to picked flowers. They color our lives and…			

		
				
			

									Green Mountain Grandma
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				Green Mountain Grandma
				15m				Nakahara Keiko lives at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains in central Japan. She dyes fabric using nearby…			

		
				
			

									A School Bag Forever
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				A School Bag Forever
				15m				Japanese schoolchildren wear backpacks known as Randoseru. Though sturdily made, after the first 6 years they're no longer…			

		
				
			

									Scrap Can Shine
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				Scrap Can Shine
				15m				Working as an architectural designer after college, Kigami Natsuko soon added "jewelry maker" to her job description. Using…			

		
				
			

									Glass for Life
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				Glass for Life
				15m				The Japanese southern island of Okinawa Prefecture, warm all year, this popular tourist spot is home to "Ryukyu…			

		
				
			

									A Harvest of Colors
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				A Harvest of Colors
				15m				Kids just love coloring with crayons! But what if a child puts them in their mouth or tries…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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