Waste disposal in the kitchen / Wall breakthrough

As you yourself say, that is not residual waste. I find it irresponsible how you handle plastic!

Well, you can pack away the moralizing again in your yellow bag... As has already been said, all the sorting is probably a far lazier compromise than many would like. The huge amounts of packaging are simply a problem, recycling is de facto too expensive in this country. Now the Chinese and Malaysians don’t want the stuff anymore either, so it ends up somewhere... It’s better off in an efficient incineration plant that, for example, generates electricity or district heating or both. Regarding the whole discussion: The problem with 'Gelber Sack' waste is ultimately not the mass but the volume. We also have a 3-bin sorting thing under the sink, the container for the yellow bin is twice as big as the other two. I just take the thing out, put it on the floor and step into it. That way the material is wonderfully compressed and it easily fits three times as much. You can notice that in the bin too. Ideally, there would be a self-compressing container. If that works reasonably well, x times the mass should fit in there. But overall that’s just a crazy idea, it won’t work.

Throw out organic waste, then you'll have space for two equally sized bins in the waste system. That's how we did it too, it's much more practical. If you want to include all types of waste there, only tiny bins remain.

and compression is not allowed because the separating machines can no longer work properly then...

Well, you can put the moralizing club back in your yellow bag...

Sure. It's always been like this: if there are rules that restrict you, they're stupid. If there are rules that benefit you, everyone has to follow them.

and compressing is not allowed because the cutting machines can no longer work properly then...

Well, I am close to a machine, but I am not an industrial press after all.

Sure. It has always been like this: if there are rules that restrict you, they are stupid. If there are rules that benefit you, everyone has to follow them

You are allowed to throw whatever you want into the residual waste.
It costs good money, so people don’t do it.
But that doesn’t make it reprehensible by any means.

You are allowed to throw whatever you want into the residual waste.

No.
§14 KrWG:

(1) For the purpose of proper, harmless, and high-quality recycling, paper, metal, plastic, and glass waste must be collected separately no later than January 1, 2015, provided this is technically possible and economically reasonable.

So, if you live in a district that has the yellow bin, the stuff must go there and is not allowed to go into the residual waste.