One of the areas that Hong Kong is really bad on is recycling. But in Germany, the system is set up so well that people have to sort their garbage into specific bins - or they will be fined. To enforce the law are teams of rubber-gloved squads of garbage police who are out in force to catch anyone who dumps in the wrong bin. City councils across the country have started dispatching staff to sift through bins to ensure households separate their garbage correctly and to fine wrongdoers. Many authorities force households to put their trash into as many as seven different bins to ensure maximum recycling.
Yellow bins take packaging, blue ones take paper and cardboard.
Anything biodegradable goes into brown bins. The idea is that separation makes recycling easier. If you do dump in the wrong bin, and are found out, then you will find a red sticker on your bin, and it won't be emptied. Each user is then given the opportunity to re-sort within five working days. Now a bishop in the north German city of Hanover suggested that you get divorced there too.