What is typically German? Punctuality? Reliability? Dachshund? Dirndl? Or rather, the waste recycling? I know many people from other countries, it seems strange, what do we do with our garbage. For many years, fewer and fewer of them migrated into the dustbin, and more and more of it is collected by us. There are many different systems in each state is different, sometimes even differ from community to community. I am telling you now, once, as I sit here in Munich, working around with my garbage.
First, there is the possibility to take directly in the supermarket, for example, the cereal bag from the cardboard packaging and throw away the box right there. I can also make the film from the cucumber right there, or other packaging. If I prefer to take them home, I can collect them at home. I myself collect paper in particular. Prior to my front door is a large container into which I can throw the paper. Once a week, this barrel is emptied. Then there is another house in my brown bin for organic waste. These are banana skins, tea bags or other biological waste. This waste goes into the compost and will return to earth.
Of course there is in my house, even a so-called residual waste, but since there is not much in it lands. Because I collect cans made of aluminum, for example, and take it to a recycling container at the corner. There, I can take all the films and plastic containers, or green, white and brown glass. In order not to lose track of many different cuisines garbage containers, so you can sort the same there.
Wood, halogen lamps, metal scraps, or old furniture I can bring to a recycling center, which is a place where these things are then discarded. For some devices you have to pay money in order to bring them there.
And then of course there are second-hand shops where you can old books, CDs, or Request by similar. And sell the drop-off stores, where other people for items on eBay. But you know from your country is also determined.
Are we Germans so mad? I do not know. Again and again we hear that there are now too few "normal" waste, cogeneration plants, which are large power stations, where trash is burned to stay, so empty. Some German recycling therefore now no more garbage. I myself have learned in elementary school and can not help it - it hurts me in the soul, if I throw glass or paper in the regular trash.
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What is typically German? Punctuality? Reliability? Dachshund? Dirndl? Or rather, the waste recycling? I know many people from other countries, it seems strange, what do we do with our garbage. For many years, fewer and fewer of them migrated into the dustbin, and more and more of it is collected by us. There are ...
