Recycling-mad Germans turn to sharing to battle waste


Juliane Kronen, founder of the Innatura cooperative, poses for a picture at a warehouse of the non-profit group on March 16, 2017 in Cologne, western Germany. -AFP

COLOGNE: In a warehouse in the western Germany city of Cologne, bottles of deodorant and shower gel plastered with the face of football manager Joachim Loew are stacked all the way up to the ceiling.

Whole pallets of the packages, a promotional offer for the Euro 2016 tournament, were headed for the incinerators once the final whistle sounded, but non-profit group Innatura has saved them for charities.

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