These photos remind me of my city where if you're far enough away everything looks fine, but once you walk closer, you can see the disrespect with trash being dropped everywhere.
That's why I was so surprised at how clean th city in Germany that I lived in was. Turns out they have little machines that chop up metal and plastic bottles in supermarkets and pay you nicely for each one that you bring in.
Unlike here in litterbug city, USA. I found Germany (and Europe in general) to be much cleaner overall. It's our world to live in, so we might as well kep it clean. Thank you for doing your part. :)
I visited places in the region where different nationalities live, and for one in particular, I saw that garbage bags were being thrown out the window. In some other areas, they make wild dumps out of garbage and waste from their houses and throw large waste into the river.
Also, in some regions, everything is much cleaner, as you say in Germany... An example is Slovenia, which has the title of the cleanest country in the world.
To the people, customs, education and culture is.