"These people do completely irrational things like set half-empty bottles of water beside the trash can, because there's no recycling bin nearby. Now it's somebody else's problem"
In Germany we do this because there's a 25c (for plastic) or 8c (for glass) deposit on those bottles, so we leave them next to a bin in a public place (street or train station) for a poor person to pick it up.
In Germany we do this because there's a 25c (for plastic) or 8c (for glass) deposit on those bottles, so we leave them next to a bin in a public place (street or train station) for a poor person to pick it up.