Stock Photo - 16 December 2019, Saxony, Leipzig: A so-called bio bin with a compostable plastic bag is placed on the site of the city cleaning department during an analysis of the amount and composition of waste. The random, representative surveys shall be carried out in four parts, staggered according to the seasons. Also is separated into areas with detached and semi-detached houses and apartment buildings. Before the introduction of the brown bin, compostable waste accounted for almost 40 percent of residual waste. According to the city cleaning service, too much plastic still ends up in the organic waste bin. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Leipzig/Saxony/Germany