Enter Germany.
Among all nations of the Earth, few standout as Germany when it comes to national recycling efforts.
They are a leader in the global effort of recycling waste. We’d like to take you on a tour of the special system they have in place that has proven effective.
A major part of the success of this program is this proper sorting of garbage. It’s a system of categories. Every piece of trash goes into one of five bins.
German Recycling: What Belongs Where?
Brown bin (biological waste)
- Kitchen waste: old bread, eggs shells, coffee powder and filters, food leftovers, tealeaves and tea filters
- Fruit and vegetables: peels, apple cores, leaves, nutshells, fruit stones and pips, lettuce leaves
- Garden waste: soil, hedge trimmings, leaves, grass clippings, weeds, dead flowers, and twigs
- Other: feathers, hair, kitchen towels, tissues, sawdust, and straw
Blue bin (paper)
- Envelopes, books, catalogues, illustrations, cartons, writing pads, brochures, writing paper, school books, washing detergent cartons without plastic, newspapers, paper boxes
Yellow bin or bags (plastic, etc)
- Aluminum foil, plastic wrap, inside packaging materials
- Tins, cans, liquids refill sachets/bags, yogurt cups, body lotion bottles
- Plastic bags, margarine tubs, milk sachets, plastic packaging trays for fruit and vegetables, screw-top bottle tops, detergent bottles, carry bags, vacuum packaging, dishwashing liquid bottles
Gray bin (household waste)
- Ash, wire, carbon paper, electrical appliances, bicycle tubes, photos, broken glass, bulbs, chewing gum, personal hygiene articles, nails, porcelain, rubber, plastic ties, broken mirrors, vacuum cleaner bags, street sweeping dirt, carpeting pieces, diapers, cigarette butts, miscellaneous waste
Every household disposes waste into the appropriate bin.
What happens to all of it? They burn it. AVG, a waste management and incineration company estimates garbage incineration yields over 400,000 megawatts of power and 230,000 tons of steam per year.
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Our bottles are made with recycled plastic.
Our water isn’t just pure. There’s a lot more to the story than just the double reverse osmosis and activated carbon purification process. Our bottles are renewed, reused and recycled from plastic waste. That means less plastic in landfills, rivers, lakes and oceans.
It’s just one more thing AquaOne does to WOW you with our service.
