Hi all,
I get all that has been stated here and do see the others but can‘t find the grey bin(Restmüll) container in the bin section of the place. I found out the glass bins are just around corner so that is sorted but no spot for the grey one.
there‘s this chip thing which was given and i think it claims to reduce cost or so but i‘m already doing my best & don‘t need/want any further monitoring so I rather use the regular bins except there‘re great benefits. My questions are:
-Is anyone with experience on the chip bin & does it really reduce cost or give any incentive?
-Is the chip bin meant to take the ‚Restmüll‘ or it takes any kind of bin as long as its tied in a nylon?
-Is it right to empty your bio/others müll from the bin bag & then place just the bin bag in the ‚verpackungs‘ bin or just leave everything in the bin bag?
by buzzyTheMagician
2 comments
>can‘t find the grey bin(Restmüll)
Can’t help you with that one. You have to ask the caretaker (*Hausmeister*) or one of the other tenants. Or do you actually know where the chip-locked bins are, and are merely looking for “open” grey bins? Then see below.
>there‘s this chip thing which was given and i think it claims to reduce cost or so
The chip opens the “lid” of the grey bin (which is designed to allow only a limited amount/size of trash per opening), and counts the openings (per chip ID / apartment). The cost for disposal of residual waste is then distributed between apartments according to these numbers. By making you pay for each time you throw something in the grey bin, you are incentivized to properly sort your trash and throw as little as possible into the grey bin.
>I rather use the regular bins
This is not an option you have. If building management locks the grey bins behind that chip thing, your only way of throwing away residual way is to use the chip.
>Is the chip bin meant to take the ‚Restmüll‘ or it takes any kind of bin as long as its tied in a nylon?
Only “Restmüll”
>Is it right to empty your bio/others müll from the bin bag & then place just the bin bag in the ‚verpackungs‘ bin or just leave everything in the bin bag?
Do not throw plastic bags into the “bio” bin. But the yellow “Verpackungs” bin is only for packagings that were around stuff when you bought it, not for arbitrary other plastic items such as bags you bought separately. Producers and importers of packaged goods have to pay for the disposal of the packaging in advance. These packagings go into the yellow bin (or yellow bag in some places), and their disposal is free for consumers. Unless your city allows (and separately handles the cost for) “stoffgleiche Nichtverpackungen” (same-material non-packagings), you mustn’t thow anything in to the “Verpackungs” bin except the packagings in which the items you bought came in.
To the question if it saves money:
All bins except the black are free of charge. (Finally, some effort must be made to get rid of residual waste, everything else is valuable raw material for recycling)
But some people are too lazy to separate their trash correctly, and put everything into the black bin. As a result, larger / more black bins must be ordered, or they must be emptied more frequently. And this costs more money, usually split between all tenants.
This chip system brings some fairness, as costs are split by the number of times the tray has been opened by which chip. People not separating their trash pay much more, which might lead to the conclusion that separating isn’t that bad.
The big question is, what this chip system itself costs. Some solutions are more expensive than the problem they solve.