Originally Posted by
enviroian
People just walk around at night with open bottles and cans of beer. I assume it’s legal? Too bad they don’t throw them away properly as I found a lot of empties laying around. The crime seems very low here also.
Germans often have problems when coming to the US, as they immediately remove the paper bags.
Collecting empty cans is indeed a business, we call this people "Flaschensammler". It's a negative term these days, I remember when I was a child and walked home from school I often found dome bottles and "earned" some sweets in exchange from the "Trinkhalle".
If the crime is really very low is another question.