[flohrian]

>> Also, do Germans seriously need to separate out green glass, clear glass, and brown glass bottles?

yes, it looks like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Altglasc...

>> Do Germans need to keep 7+ bins in their homes as well, or do they just separate it out later?

Not really 7+ bins, but 4. - paper/carton - plastic/cans - residual waste (handkerchiefs/diapers/cigarette butts/sweepings) - biodegradable waste

[zhemao]

Well that's more reasonable. Essentially what it looks like in our office here in the US. But there are more bins than that in the picture, so for the plastic/cans, you'd need to spend time sorting out the aluminum, plastic, and three types of glass.

The German system probably wouldn't go over well in the US, because we like to fob off tedious work onto other people.

[mgoetzke]

usually, you just store all the glass and every few weeks when going shopping you take that bucket full of glass along and separate it when standing in front of the container. oh and you have to remove the bottle caps of course :)