experts say there are several good alternatives to this process and you have the hamburg university of technology officer kasten cooper and some of her students are studying various kinds of packaging to see whether it can be recycled. today they'll be looking at common everyday items including shower gel chewing gum and cleaning products. people in germany recycle about 75 percent of their garbage that some kinds of packaging simply cannot be reused it's over the infant was ok let's get this stuff sorted. but there's a lots of different products. you know yes the students can't find any information on these products that says whether they can be recycled that would be a helpful detail for consumers. that's not required by law right. if you're in the office. i just opened the lid on this container and under it there's another lead. so the 1st one is just for decoration. i think they could have done all that differently. and he finishes more for me because in his lead it doesn't matter to me whether my shower gel comes in a black package in front of us. and the plastic container shouldn't be made of mater