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JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CUT WASTE, GARBAGE 50% BY 2010

Well, I suppose they don't mean the National Diet and local politics; they must be talking about other kinds of waste. For a start, they could have manufacturers and stores sell things that aren't singly packaged, then collectively packaged, tagged all over, then containered, then wrapped in paper, taped, bagged in plastic, then bagged in more plastic--say, maybe they could do something about those refrigerators, washing machines, televisons, car batteries and huge incinerators in the forest, while they're at it!