Percentage of the Local Governments Which Provide Programs to Help Elderly People Take out the Trash (IMAGE)

National Institute for Environmental Studies

Percentage of the Local Governments Which Provide Programs to Help Elderly People Take out the Trash

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In Japan, as of 2015, 23% of local governments offered programs supporting collection of ordinary waste, recyclable materials, and bulky waste. Such programs were in effect in roughly 80% of ordinance-designated major cities, but in less than 10% of towns and villages.

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