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In the USA we recycle sometimes, when we want and it is practical and convenient for us.
In my classroom I have two containers for that.
We throw plastic and aluminum in the first and paper in the second.
If one doesn’t want to use this container, you can simply throw everything in the trash can.
At home I have two trash cans.
The one with the yellow lid is for recyclables.
We throw anything that can be recycled in there, paper, plastic, aluminium, and so on.
The other trash can is for things that can’t be recycled.
Every week the trash man comes and takes away the trash,
but he only takes the yellow can every second week.
Therefore I sometimes fill up the recycling can before the trash man empties it.
What do I do then? I throw what can be recycled into the can that is meant for trash.
The Germans who are watching this video will shudder when they hear that.
In Germany recycling is much more organized.
In Germany 66% of trash is recycled, but in the USA only 34% is.
In the USA everything is put in one can.
Later it is sorted.
After it is sorted the recyclables can be recycled. In Germany the people sort.
In Germany the trash is sorted into six cans.
The blue can is for paper.
That also includes cardboard, newspapers and magazines, and so on.
The white can is for clear glass and the green for colored glass.
The brown one is for compost.
That is mostly what doesn’t belong in the other cans, but has a biological component.
The yellow one is mostly for plastic, but cans, styrofoam, aluminium, tin and mixed materials are also allowed in the yellow can.
Sometimes there isn’t a can for that. Then you have to use the yellow bag.
This bag is sorted manually. Therefore you are supposed to rinse the containers therein.
One is not legally obligated to rinse yogurt cups and cans before they are thrown into the can, but it is highly recommended.
The black can is for residual waste. That is trash that doesn’t belong in the other cans.
Whatever is in this can will be burned, therefore no batteries, paints, or insecticides are allowed in there.
These things belong to a category named “hazardous waste”. Sometimes there are fewer than six cans.
Although glass is recycled, there are many bottles that one doesn’t throw into the cans.
Many bottles have “Pfand”. This means that you pay more when you buy the bottle.
When you bring the bottle back into the store, you get some money back.
Multiple use bottles are returned in cases.
One doesn’t always have to bring the bottles back into the store.
There are also Pfand machines or empties machines.
The machines for single use bottles and multiple use bottles are different.
For single use empties the machine scans the empty label.
One puts the bottle in and the machine weighs the bottle.
If the machine believes that the bottle is really empty, the machine rolls the bottle in order to check if the bottle is a single use bottle or a multiple use bottle.
Single use bottles are crushed.
How do you recycle? What do you do with the trash where you live? How many cans do you have at home?
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