Assemble worked with microbrewery Rise&Win to expand their brewing facilities in a former sawmill in a mountainous region of Shikoku island, Japan.
Situated in Kamikatsu, population 2,000 people, the town gained national attention in 2003 following their adoption of a policy setting out to achieve the ambitious target of producing Zero Waste by 2020. This followed a change in national legislation that forced closure of the two waste incinerators that previously served the town.
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