Austria is a pretty crazy place that is all about protecting the environment. So knowing this it is no surprise that they have six different categories for their trash. There’s paper, plastic, metal, bio (all things that were at one time living…hair, bananas, orange peels and the like), restmüll (everything that doesn’t fit into another category) and problem trash (if after restmüll you still don’t know what to do with it…it’s a problem). Those are just the six main categories, if all else fails and we can’t figure out what pile to put our trash into we can just consult the cliff notes on the back of our bathroom door. Yes, I kid you not, we have Cliff Notes to Austrian Garbage Separation hanging on the back of our door and it’s even color coded! Tuesdays
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