European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Supermarket parking lot. An american makes use of a Glass recycling bin near his Home Ingr Eshelm Witt Germany. The German Way of trash disposals a Binandi Kosiw no recycling Hare. This Street scene in Naples Italy la typical of problem that has caused City s rat invasion jrch12,19b9 by Marynett staff writer r cycling is in the forefront in Wes Germany Wilh the size of some garbage cans  a d one american wryly Germany s neighbourhood garbage can Otten comes m what looks to most americans like miniature site pack m a Day s household waste and the can Over lows there s nothing to do Ihen but Wail for. Next week s pickup or Toad the car for a Irish run to live nearby base or is there just How do German families manage1? the answer is recycling not everything gets Rosiad  family trash can Glass bottles and Metal cans Lor example As Well As printed matter Are deposited in separate special neighbourhood recycling containers locating the nearest one is just a matter or calling the local consumer assistance office  or keeping your eyes open in the neighbourhood there Are special pickup Days Lor newspapers .   Advance notice of when a truck will come to cart them away there Are also apr Muu Bulky trash Days for getting rid of Sloms too Large for Ordinary trash disposal Early in the morning on pickup Days sidewalks overflow with everything irom busted tvs to broken baby carnage so Moth eaten rugs by noon however Iho unsightly Mounds generally have been hauled away and the neighbourhood is Back of to swept Secl neatness this is not just a Way to Cope with Small garbage cans. West Germany s economic Boom has lusted the country into a throwaway society similar to the United Salen according to Tho Consumers office in frankly Al. If the country does t take Steps to Cul Down it s Mountain Al garbage it soon will be engulfed by it statistics show that private households pile up 3 million tons of old Glass. 6 million ions of old paper 3 million tons of Bulky trash/14 million Lons of Syri Holic materials and 2 million old Aulo bodies a year. P or a country the 510 of West Germany that s a Holly amount of trash to dispense Wilh increasing the is eol Iho country s garbage cans won t solve the problem Tho solution is to use a Lew throwaway items As necessary and to Recycle whenever possible. The concept probably comas More easily in germans than to americans not too Long ago Shore wore few disposable beverage bottles in she country. Paper sacks and plastic bags weren t used to Lole groceries Home and store wrapping of purchases was minimal now. Environmental Isle Ore urging the co Emliy logo modern by returning to its old ways. Shoppers Ore carrying shopping baskets wish whom to the grocery and department Sld res and asking hut Clra wrapping not be added to already wrapped purchases beverage bottles Are resumed Lor Bep Osil non returnable Glass bottles and a cans Are being plopped into those big special containers one american who has taken these Steps. Now finds the sue of the garbage can outside her Back door not Loo set Matt at All. She also has a fee Hng of Pride in having done something Lor Iho environment a number of american military housing areas Are taking part in German recycling programs by of Long special containers Lor separating trash Tho recycling movement also helps keep German cities looking neat and unlit ered in some other countries such As Italy and England recycling is no As common a or ache in some towns in great billion there Are containers for disposing of bottles but cans and bottles carry no refund London referred loan one of Tho dirtiest cilia in the world by  Bah o British tourist authority has a. Real trash problem londoners live in apartments Wlsh Little storage space and Many Pul their Irish Ous on the curb Many Days Bolero it is to to collected the result is streets often piled Wilh refuse in Naples Italy garbage strewn streets have led Loo at invasion fits estimated that Here Are 10 million of the ugly in tors within Iho boundaries of the City. The stars and stripes Paga 15