Flushing down its traditions

A good society knows how to clean its rubbish. But instead of setting an example for the world through its traditional handling of human excreta, Japan is following unsustainable Western models of sewage treatment

 
Published: Wednesday 31 May 2000

Flushing down its traditions

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