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Chris Harding’s Life Lesson from History is that we should think more carefully about how we deal with our waste products
- Dr Christopher Harding
- , Dr David Musgrove, FSA
Published: December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Are we too quick to flush? In Edo Japan, people were much more mindful of how they dealt with sewage and rubbish than we are today.
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Chris Harding’s Life Lesson from History is that we should think more carefully about how we deal with our waste products, in the spirit of the samurai.
Authors
Dr Christopher Harding
Christopher Harding is a senior lecturer in Asian history at the University of Edinburgh
Dr David Musgrove, FSAContent director
David Musgrove is the content director at HistoryExtra
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