
I'm a simple emigrant, and throwing away trash in Germany is a complicated matter
In Germany, garbage is a whole science. I've already told that sorting here is the normal thing. Classic containers for plastic, paper, bio-waste, and the rest exist in every home. And the containers for glass are shared among several houses, and sometimes across the entire block. By the way, glass is sorted too, by color: green, brown, and clear. I, of course, also sort garbage. I first collect the glass at home into large bags, and then I go, to the soundtrack of alcoholism, to dump it all into the containers as a law-abiding emigrant. But, you understand that simply sorting garbage is too easy. There’s a second level of difficulty too. It turns out that on Sundays you can’t throw away glass. Once, my German friend was driving a car and along the way he literally threw out a few bottles. And then, naturally, appears that neighbor from the German jokes. She seemed as if she’d been hiding in the bushes, just waiting for someone to throw out a bottle with that distinctive sound. And finally luck smiled on her and a person appeared whom she could scold and remind that he’s a notorious offender. It’s a good thing she didn’t call the police. It would be funny to become a criminal in a country of unlearned lessons about sorting garbage. I don’t even remember if I ever did the same, but I think I did. On the way to a Sunday stroll, I probably threw out a couple of bottles, without thinking about it. But now I don’t do that anymore, to avoid sin. Have you ever had it happen that everything seems to be by the rules, but not in the eyes of watchful neighbors? #Ordnung