10 things you thought were recyclable in Germany but… aren’t!

[@berlinorama]

I have lived here for more than 40 years and learned something new! Thanks.

[@mariakupper1029]

Even as a German… this is difficult! So, thank you for making this video. ❤

[@Ph34rNoB33r]

About the plastic cutlery, I think they might go into the new "Wertstofftonne" in Düsseldorf (some other cities have that model as well). A lot of that stuff is probably not exactly "recycled" (usually downcycled into lower quality material) but burnt, depending on how easy it is to get value out of it. It works well for PET bottles with deposit (25ct Einwegpfand) as they come well-separated, not so much for the Gelbe Tonne which holds a mix of materials.

[@annayuchernyshova]

Cool video, thanks guys. What I hate the most is tearing the plastic "window" from the paper envelope. But I still do it.

[@simplegermany]

No need! It’s not real plastic an can be recycled with the paper 😊

[@ssabinaa]

A lot of new information for me. Thank you!😊

[@nitinknight]

Thank you, this was a great video :)

[@huntress_9441]

The bags we get for compost/bio müll in Australia have the opposite problem, they start degrading before the bin is full

[@simplegermany]

🙈

[@YT_Gopnik_Mario]

as a Non German its impressive and usefull everywhere else not just in Germany much love from Bosnia and Herzegovina

[@sofiabellen12]

This is so usefull, thank you Ladies! I'm moving to study my masters degree in march and I'm trying to learn before I go! Can you guys make a video about finding housing as a student?

[@simplegermany]

As a student it’s best to ask your university for student dorms or look for a shared apartment called WG 😊

[@joannunemaker6332]

I enjoyed this video. Great information. 😊❤

[@andrewclarke3622]

Happy belated New Year

[@Darkpumpkinspice]

Thank you! I would like to ask if it would be possible to do a video on how to go about being a freelancer in Germany. I have found a tax advisor but apparently they are not allowed to give advice on either the pension that , as a teacher, I have to pay, or the health insurance I need to have. (I did have the health insurance called expat health insurance but I would like to have the public one. ). I understand that we need to get a special tax number for our own business but everything is in German and even with google translate, Elster doesn’t help me much and I know I need to do it with 4 weeks 😮…. Should I start my business later or not is the question!

[@simplegermany]

We have a guide explaining how to be a freelancer in Germany: www.simplegermany.com/freelancing-in-germany/

[@Darkpumpkinspice]

@@simplegermanyseriously???? Omg I love you guys! 😍 Thank you! I’ve been racking my brain for a week now!

[@jazzochannel]

yeah i'm always in doubt, so everything goes into the black bin. i'm doing my part!

[@Rosetta55555]

Nice video! Do you wash plastic trash (yogurt cup..)? 🤔

[@simplegermany]

No we don’t. It’s enough if they are ‘spoon clean’. 😊

[@annayuchernyshova]

​@@simplegermany I actually do wash them, otherwise they contaminate all the clean packaging in the yellow bin🤔

[@muneikahija2610]

Sehr informativ insbesondere für die Ausländer like me Jen u. Yvonne! 😊 Servus aus Oberbayern! 👋🏻

[@vgalea]

My biggest anxiety is milk cartons. Once I tear off the plastic spout, the rest seems to be paper and OK for recycling. Am I doing it wrong?

[@simplegermany]

Milk cartons always go into plastic as a whole 😊

[@Runlemon]

"Eco polizei, weeh weeh weeh weeh" 😂

[@simplegermany]

😅

[@arionfar]

Waste separation and recycling has nothing to do with ecosystem and environment though. Its just about economy. If you separate, you might help the economy by converting waste to a useful material and if you dont, it will be converted to useful energy. Actually, companies decide whether they should recycle or burn it based on the market values for energy vs recycled materials.

[@huntress_9441]

Maybe the process to make something reusable puts out the same amount of emissions as burning it, but my gut tells me burning rubbish = bad

[@jessicanicolebelmonte6252]

Your number 9 with the “Teelichter” makes little to no sense to me. I have seen other reports, even from ARD and ZDF, that try to tell the consumer that even aluminum foil used to wrap a grilled chicken or a Döner can not be recycled because of [food] contamination. By common sense logic such assertions are completely bonkers! When aluminum first gets mined and extracted it is contaminated far worse than with a little bit of wax or fat. It gets purified during the smelting process, where high heat melts the raw aluminum with the contaminants. During this process the contaminants either burn off or separate by density from the molten aluminum. For recycling the aluminum gets smelted again, a process that purifies the aluminum in the same manner as the initial extraction process: burning off and separation by density. It is analogous for all the other common metals that we use in our daily life.

[@NE0561]

Podrian hacer un vídeo de cómo ser KZbinr en Alemania? Gracias beautiful ladies!