"Germany has been very successful in its fight against growing garbage heaps. But what does this mean for you? Recycling is Germany's contribution to the global battle for the environment, and the country has been very successful in its fight against growing garbage heaps. But the whole subject of recycling can be a daunting issue for any newcomer to the country. The good news is that there are some easy guidelines to follow. Soon you will be able to handle the line of garbage bins at your front door like a recycling pro. Germany produces 30 million tons of garbage annually. The Green Dot system has been one of the most successful recycling initiatives, which has literally put packaging on a diet. The crux is that manufacturers and retailers have to pay for a "Green Dot" on products: the more packaging there is, the higher the fee. This clever system has led to less paper, thinner glass and less metal being used, thus creating less garbage to be recycled. The net result: a drastic decline of about one million tons less garbage than normal every year. A major part of the success of this program is the proper sorting of garbage, however. And this is where the lesson starts.
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I think there are a few things to be said regarding this article：After reading this you could think Germany has no problem with garbage at all, which is certainly not true, for we also have a huge problem with the disposal of waste. But it is true that Germany has developed an elaborate and pretty efficient recycling-system. The difficulties are, as nearly always, caused by the attitude of the people concerned. It may be essential and important that the government is ready to establish and work for measures to solve the waste issue, but if the citizens are not willing to participate in the recycling program and continue to produce carelessly tons of garbage, the effort is meaningless. Although we have in Germany this wide spread recycling methods, a great part of the citizens don’t care about waste separation or efforts to avoid garbage；it also should be remarked that recycling is not always so easy in Germany as well, since for. ex. the brown tons for biological waste are sometimes rather rare in the cities, and especially the yellow bins are at least in my hometown very seldom（to be honest I have never seen one in Passau…） Therefore you often have to drive with the car to the next Recyclinghof, which is not only more awkward, but also very inconvenient for people without car, which should not be the case, as it is much more ecological not to own an own vehicle. This disadvantages that often occur are also a reason for the often very reluctant readiness of the people to participate thoroughly in the recycling program, since we all now that humans are rather a lazy species… Therefore I was very pleased to read the following report and learn that the Taiwanese government enforces their recycling program more and more and are apparently pretty successful： https://www.epb.taichung.gov.tw/files/ ... 20Efforts%20Pay%20Off.pdf Although this development is very positive and the results seem to be good, I think there is still a lot of work to do, as like in Germany, the participation of the citizens has to increase and their awareness for the waste issue has still to be raised more. Thorough recycling should be a natural act and part of the daily life, so we should all work together to realize this project! In the following some curious waste deposit facilities in Germany: 
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a public ashtray, so no matter where you are, you can despose of your cigarette stub correctly!
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"Toilette for dogs"
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even in nature there are garbage bins...^^