Why does Germany LOVE to Recycle glass?

Save The Earth presents a video about how German Glass Recycling is FANTASTIC!

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[zweck4629]

Actually you have to pay a pawn for the beer bottles you`ve shown. You have to take them to the supermarket to get your money back, then they will be cleaned, refilled etc. The containers are for pawn free bottles wich will be melted. The Rubber in those containers is for noise reduction and wont protect the bottles from breakage.

[Schievel]

Also we love to seperate waste. Every german has a small wastehill in his backyard, and in our free time we seperate tin foil from plastic there for example. This is considered to be fun in germany.

If you don't do this you will get pilloried and people are allowed to throw recycled apples at you...

[roofer1312]

warum schmeißte denn 8 cent pfand bei 0.49 in den container?

[1Littleagger]

Germany thank you for caring abot the earth.you are blessed.

[blacktricky1]

@ dutbrothers nicht für die meisten ^^ wiederverwendung, von sowas haben die glaub noch nie gehört ^^

[Dutbrothers]

Is doch normal

[blacktricky1]

Alter wie leben die eig auf der Welt, ist doch das normalste müll und glass zu trennen, sachen solchen ja auch wiederverwendbar sein :o

[McUallas]

@BenTibone

Guy, I tell YOU a secret, recycling is one of the things that help our industry and society. What's wrong with saving money and resources or creating an industry that provides so many jobs? Btw. social and socialistic are two different things.

[CAESARbonds]

Oh no you dropped the wrong bottles into the recycling container, the beer bottles have 8 €-cent refund on them. The Tea, and water? bottle have 15 cent refund on them

We dispose our wine bottles and other glasses there.

most glass and plastic bottles (25 cent refund), also cans (25 cent refund) are brought back to the store ^_^

for me this is normal ^_^

recycling created here lots of jobs...

[ChristopherJManess]

@turkthagorqas It's ridiculous how advanced many countries are in comparison to the United States, that has geared up to profit the few and squander the many like cattle, with a flagrant disregard for humanity, respect and decency.

[turkthagorqas]

@ChristopherJManess I agree with you 100%. We USED to do this here, in the U.S.

I'm 62, and as a child, I used to pick up glass soda and beer bottles on the side of the road and return them for the deposit that was paid on their purchase. I also worked @ a Coca Cola bottling plant, and sorted and washed bottles for refill.

Too bad our society is too lazy, disinterested, and short-sighted to reflect on the past.

[CoIdHeat]

The 15ct pawn annoys a lot of people but the good thing about it is, that even the poorest try to make a living by searching the waste for bottles. Its no beautiful sight because it makes you realize, how many poor people are around but its a win win situation. Those get a few euros to at least buy them food or so and the rate of recycled plastic is quite high.