Sunday, August 3, 2008

Waste separation system ♦ 垃圾分类 ♦ Mülltrennungsystem

Waste separation plays an important roll in environmental issue, as a leader of a whole world - European countries of course must be a good model of other countries. In my opinion, Germany has done quite well on this part.
垃圾分类是一个环保意识里重要的一环,走在世界尖端的欧洲国家当然要以身作则。德国在这方面,我觉得算是不错了~


This is a typical garbage collecting container in a hostel. Green boxes are for paper, white boxes are for glasses. The black plastic bag suppose to be yellow is called "Gelbe Sack", it's for plastic bags and packaging bags. And the bio and rest waste are in another bag.
这个是在宿舍里典型的垃圾箱。青色盒子放纸张,白色放玻璃。黑色胶袋应该是黄色的,叫做"Gelbe Sack",是用来装塑胶袋或包装纸。当然还有剩余的垃圾和有机的垃圾在另一个袋子。

Yellow bag - "Gelbe Sack"
黄胶袋 - "Gelbe Sack"

This is taken at train station. Green is for glass, yellow is for packaging, blue is for paper and red is for others.
这个是在火车站的垃圾桶。青色盒子放玻璃,黄色放包装纸,蓝色放纸张,红色放其余的。


This garbage centre is outside the hostel, you have to throw is out here when the garbage is full. White is for rest waste, blue is for paper. (the colour is a bit confusing, the best is know how to read the word)
这个是在宿舍外面,里面满了要拿出来丢。白色是其余的,蓝色的是纸张。(颜色有点不太统一,最好是会读字)

Here is to collect glasses, it even separates white(transparent), green or brown bottles.
这里收集玻璃,还有分白色(透明),青色或褐色的瓶子。

This is for you to put old bags or shoes or clothes or so on. It's for charity. Those things will send to poor people. Nice huh?
这个是装旧包包或鞋子或衣服等等。像慈济一样做善事的。这些东西会送去给穷人家。不错吧?


This mark means that you need to pay 25 cents for the bottle, we called it "Pfand". But if you put the empty bottle in a machine, print out a receipt, you can take the money back. This is also means they use money to force you not to simply throw the bottle, it's also a way. For normal beer bottle has this system too, but less money, only 8 cents.
这个标志代表瓶子要给钱,一瓶25cent,我们叫Pfand。但是放进机器里面回收后,印出来的单据可以换回钱。换句话就是用钱来逼你环保,也不算差。平时的啤酒瓶也是有回收,比较少,8cent而已。

The bottles are pressed flat and send back to factory.
那些瓶子被压扁,之后会送回工厂。

And one more thing, here we don't encourage to use plastic bag. You need to pay 6 cents for plastic bags. Let you think twice and better use green bag~~
还有值得一提的是,这里不鼓励用塑胶袋。要用塑胶袋要给钱6cents。让你三思后,还是用环保袋比较好~

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