What means -> learning to their cost?
Context:
Germany, Europe's richest nation, discards 1.5 million tons of electrical appliances every year. Only about 100,000 units are recycled. The vast majority are incinerated or thrown on the tip. And this, Germans are learning to their cost, causes serious problems.
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It means “learning from their own bad experience”.
From Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary:
to your cost (chiefly British)
: from your own bad experience
I found out to my cost that he was a liar. [=I found out that he was a liar when I was hurt by his lies]
source: http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/cost
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