Zero Waste Life
Season 3 Episode 15 - A Toast to Waste
Yamaguchi Ayumu runs a small Tokyo distillery. He uses sake lees left over after brewing sake from rice. These often go to waste, but they impart a fruity aroma ideal for distilling into gin. Yamaguchi also uses other waste like coffee grounds and cacao husks—seemingly useless materials—that still have aroma to give. Producing fine liquors, Yamazaki gives value to what would otherwise be waste. As he puts it, "there's nothing in this world that's entirely worthless."
Episodes in Season 3
Stuffed Animal Hospital
15 min
Denim Daruma
15 min
Furniture in Blue
15 min
Life Taken, Life Received
15 min
Clothes to the Earth
15 min
Full Trash Alchemist
15 min
Sea Trash Snails
15 min
Food Waste Washi
15 min
Tick-Tock Transformation
15 min
Sawdust Clay
15 min
Old Glove, New Dreams
15 min
Local Produce, Local Color
15 min
Bicycle Upcycle Cycle
15 min
Furniture: Shabby to Chic
15 min
A Toast to Waste
15 min
Preserving the Seasons
15 min
Life Less Plastic
15 min