Sorting at Source

I live in a house where it is obligatory to sort out ones rubbish. And it is not as easy as it is in Germany (e.g. there a three different sorts of paper to distinguish). All in all there are the following seven categories:

• Clear glass
• Coloured glass
• Stiff plastic
• Cardboard and corrugated cardboard
• Newspapers and brochures
• Paper packaging
• Metal

Additionally to these categories there is so called "household rubbish" which includes biological waste and food leftovers. To "boost the burn process" and "for reasons of energy efficiency" it is recommended to throw milk, yoghurt and juice cartons as well as plastic bags and other soft plastic into the household garbage, too.

Anyway, the situation is actually a bit different: "There is a garbage room, throw your garbage there and everybody will be happy."

Although I think that the garbage room is only intended for bulky rubbish and household rubbish, nobody seems to care.