The Strange Lady
The litter bins on the platform, are large three hole ones, so that passengers can sort their rubbish for recycling.
A Typical DB Litter Bin
One of the strangest things I saw, was an reasonably well-dressed elderly lady ferreting through one of these litter bins and removing any glass bottles, which she then put in her bag. Whilst we waited at the station, she came back a couple of times, after someone else put a bottle in the bin.
The Anonymous Widower 
You can get the so called “Pfand” for the glass bottles if you bring them back to a supermarket. A way of recycling. You get around 25 cent for a bottle, so there are unemployed or poor people who make a living by collecting them. I even heard that there are a few who make around 400-500 euro per month by doing it.
Comment by markspencer87 | April 16, 2013 |
I thought it must be something like that!
In the 1950s, kids used to do it, as most bottles had a charge on them.
Comment by AnonW | April 16, 2013 |