Zero Waste Life - Episode Guide

Season 2021

Season 2022

Jeans Genie

Episode: 2022-05-27 | Airdate: May 27, 2022

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Subway Bag

Episode: 2022-11-25 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2022

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Season 2023

Season 2024

Season 2025

No Stone Wasted

Episode: 2025-05-25 | Airdate: May 25, 2025

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Inagaki Ryota, who runs a stone carving business, and his partner, stone artisan Inoue Koji, use stone castoffs to make beautiful tableware that also helps keep food at the optimal temperature.

Essence of the Forest

Episode: 2025-06-22 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2025

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Branches from trees culled to thin the forest, once of no value, are the ideal material for Ishibashi Tetsushi. Extracting the essential oils, he transforms them into forest fragrances and hand soaps.

Sails Unfurled Again

Episode: 2025-06-29 | Airdate: Jun 29, 2025

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If even slightly damaged, yacht sails can no longer be used. Inspired by her love of the sport, former pro yacht racer Tagami Amiko takes such sails and makes them into bags and other products.

Pineapple Power

Episode: 2025-08-31 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2025

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Uda Etsuko turns fibre from hard-to-process waste pineapple leaves into yarn and fabric for textiles in Okinawa. Expanding her operation to Indonesia, she hopes to take this untapped resource global.

Bamboo Lights the Way

Episode: 2025-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2025

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Forester Omura Daisuke transforms harmful overgrown bamboo in the mountains of Japan into distinctive lights. Instead of seeing it as a nuisance he seeks ways for bamboo and humans to coexist.

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