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~70% for a $0.05 is pretty good. In Germany, it's around €0.40, and IIRC, has a 90% recycle rate.
by Ayesh 5y ago
~70% for a $0.05 is pretty good. In Germany, it's around €0.40, and IIRC, has a 90% recycle rate.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI guess just like Germany, poor people also collect the bottles for the $0.05? There was a program where a city gave people money in exchange for cigarette butts. Obviously the poor people collected the butts.
- jackjeff 5y agoTypically homeless people would collect them in places where returning the bottles was impractical. Trains stations are a good example. I remember many people would also leave the bottles on top of the bin rather than tossing them inside, to make it easier for them. I lived a few years in Germany about 10yrs ago, and took a lot of trains (ICE). I miss those nice thick bottles. Much better than the flimsy ones we have in the UK and the whole redeeming of the bottles while doing your shopping was kind of fun.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago> In Germany, it's around €0.40 I thought the deposit on single-use bottles/cans is (exactly) EUR 0.25, with significantly lower deposits for reusable bottles. Interestingly, Switzerland has a high recycling rate for PET despite not having any deposit.
- krrrh 5y agoSwitzerland is also the only country I’ve visited where everyone knew what PET is and could identify it from 20 paces. I remember going to a movie theatre and naively wondering if the dedicated PET bins had something to do with dogs.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoThose bins are also exclusively for PET bottles, no other PET.
- dheera 5y agoWhen I lived in Zurich for a few months the only trash bags that were legal to use cost around $3 PER BAG. Recycling on the other hand is free. I don't know if that is throughout Switzerland but I reckon that had something to do with it. EDIT: That was a long time ago. I checked online and a 17 liter (about 4 gallon) trash bag now costs 10.50CHF (USD 11.65) per bag.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoThe price you're mentioning is the price for a roll of 10. https://www.coop.ch/en/household-pet/household-kitchen/waste-disposal/waste-bag-charge/c/m_4432 https://www.coop.ch/en/household-pet/household-kitchen/waste...
- wdb 5y agoSwitzerland also demand you used biologically ropes when tying your old paper together. If not, they won't take it with them. Interesting country.