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Well your second quote states that bottles are either recycled or not. There are reusable and disposable plastic bottles. The disposable ones are of really thi
by ylk 7y ago
Well your second quote states that bottles are either recycled or not.
There are reusable and disposable plastic bottles. The disposable ones are of really thin plastic and crushed, yes. The reusable ones are put into crates and return to the factories so that they can be cleaned and refilled.
You can actually look through the machine and see the stacks of crates in the room behind them.
Many glas bottles (e.g. for beer, water and more) are reusable, too. They’re treated like reusable plastic bottles. Disposable glas does not have a deposit on it. You take those to a bottle bank (? containers on the street you throw them into), which is emptied once every two weeks (not too sure on the frequency).
Cans are the only type that is always crushed on return, afaik.
- BoorishBears 7y agoThe article is stating the obvious, if you make it optional, manufacturers will try to get out of it. It looks like it's completely backfired...
- ylk 7y agoI’m baffled as to what makes you think that. Here’s a list of drinks and packages affected by the compulsory deposit: https://dpg-pfandsystem.de/index.php/en/compulsory-deposit-for-one-way-drinks-packaging/affected-drinks-and-beverages.html https://dpg-pfandsystem.de/index.php/en/compulsory-deposit-f... Here, have a random statistic - they talk about the decrease in percentage of beverages offered in reusable packaging: https://de.statista.com/infografik/amp/8077/anteil-von-einweg-und-mehrweg-an-den-getraenkeverpackungen-in-deutschland/ https://de.statista.com/infografik/amp/8077/anteil-von-einwe... It’s apparently “only” 42% for reusables, compared to 56% for disposable ones. It’s not perfect, but It’s better than what pretty much everybody else in the world is doing. Edit: turns out the statistica link is not so random - it’s based on data published by the federal environmental agency. More (in German) here: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/verbrauch-von-getraenken-in-mehrweg-oekologisch-0 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/verbrauch-von-g...
- BoorishBears 7y agoIf you're baffled you didn't read the article