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Adding to that, a lot of homeless people have to dumpster dive to get out those returnable bottles, which obviously is pretty humiliating. So some guys first de
by sveme 10y ago
Adding to that, a lot of homeless people have to dumpster dive to get out those returnable bottles, which obviously is pretty humiliating. So some guys first developed stickers saying "Bottles belong next to the trashbin" and put them on a lot of trashbins - later, another group invented the "Pfandring" or deposit ring which is attached to a trashbin and asks you to put your bottle in the ring, not the trashbin.
I find it fascinating how small regulatory practices can have enormous social effects.
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- mercer 10y agoI still feel the strong urge to leave bottles next to the trash can even though I don't live in Germany anymore. It's one of those weird 'customs' I picked up. Others customs include: - Opening all my windows at least once a day and leaving them open until it's freezing inside. - Feeling anything but 'meh' about asparagus. - making sure I have cash when leaving the house (although that may be Berlin-specific) - buying the bitter 'fizzy water'. - using my plastic shopping bags as trash bags
- gumby 10y agoWhen I lived in Boston in the 1990s, homeless people would tear open the trash bags in the hope of finding drink containers that could be returned for credit. As a result rubbish was scattered everywhere.