Recycling. It’s easy to do.

Recycling. It’s easy to do.

Recycling seems to be a big thing here in Germany. Most trash needs to be separated into: recyclable materials (like plastic yogurt containers), paper, biodegradable, and garbage. Because there are so many things that fall into either the recyclable, paper, or biodegradable categories, there is almost no garbage. It’s amazing. One thing that I really enjoy is that most bottles of water can be returned to the store for 25 cents each. It is pretty normal here to only buy bottled water and not drink or cook with the tap water. There isn’t anything wrong with the tap water, I drank it the whole time on my mission, they just don’t drink it…

So here is how the water bottles are recycled.

	1. Check for the label that says it can be returned.
	2. Collect these bottles for the next trip to the grocery store.
	3. Put them in this machine.
	The machine counts how many and tells you how much money you get back.
	4. Print the receipt and take it to the cashier.

Recycling. It’s easy to do!