Today was a ho-hum day and in the aftermath of yesterday's air freight hoopla, I decided to continue unpacking, cleaning and tidying up around the house. Things 1 and 2 were on their best behavior thoroughly enjoying the fruits of their airfreight. No sibling fighting today.
I put in a load of laundry and set about to create boxes for recycling. Back in the States (Virginia), we received a toter for recycling. We could fill it with any item that could be recycled and the recycling company would sort out the mess at their facility.
This is so NOT true in Austria! Austrian's are obsessed about their recycling. They have 6 different types of recycling totes that are color coded either outside your home or in the case of bottles and trash on what seems to be every other street corner. There is a container for paper that has a red lid, one for plastic wrap/packaging with a yellow lid, one for clear glass with a gray lid, one for colored glass with a green lid, one for metal/tin/aluminum with a blue lid and one for biodegradable waste with a brown lid.
On the off set, this is no big deal and it is good for the environment. However, from what I hear, if you but a recyclable item in regular waste by mistake and the trash collectors find it, they will try to figure out where it came from and they could fine you for improper recycling. Crazy!
I took some of the cardboard boxes that I shipped to myself and labeled them for all the different types of waste so we can then take them to the recycling totes when they are full. Now I must supervise the Things so they don't mess with my system!
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