I am new to Germany and I’m trying not to f’ up.
Why is the milk carton in the yellow bin and not the blue? Same question for the (coffee) paper cups? Unless that image is of a plastic cup?
by CopticEnigma
I am new to Germany and I’m trying not to f’ up.
Why is the milk carton in the yellow bin and not the blue? Same question for the (coffee) paper cups? Unless that image is of a plastic cup?
by CopticEnigma
2 comments
Plastic layers on or between the paper layers.
Long version: beverage cartons are so-called composite packaging (Verbundverpackungen), i.e. a mix of cardboard, plastic and occasionally aluminium with (predominantly) plastic closures. Waste paper/cardboard can very often be recycled, but composite packaging can only really be incinerated (elegantly formulated „thermal utilisation/thermische Verwertung“) because it is very difficult to separate the materials again.
Because they are all thinly lined with a type of plastic.