> do Germans seriously need to separate out green glass, clear glass, and brown glass bottles? It is indeed done in Germany. > Do Germans need to keep 7+ bins

> do Germans seriously need to separate out green glass, clear glass, and brown glass bottles? It is indeed done in Germany. > Do Germans need to keep 7+ bins in their homes as well At home in Germany there are four bins: paper, organic waste, residual waste, Green Dot (recyclable waste) - at some places the recyclable waste has to be put in yellow bags (Gelber Sack) instead. I have also seen cans for metal waste at large apartment buildings in the past. In a typical residential district there is a central place where there are bottle banks for clear, brown and remaining (including green) glass from non-returnable bottles. Here is an excerpt which makes fun of the complications of separating the garbage from the German comedy "Otto - Der Außerfriesische", where the main actor tries to convince the people that if you throw away a teabag you have to separate it into tealeaves (organic waste), paper, staple (scrap metal) and string (residual waste): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBPIPzGBxYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBPIPzGBxYE