garbage

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Trash surrounding full bins on an Amsterdam street, 15 May 2026
CultureEntertainment
Dutch binned 449 kilograms of garbage per person last year, 6 kg less than in 2024
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Several nicely painted rubbish bins on Eerste van Swindenstraat in Amsterdam-Oost were ripped open in the search for cans and bottles that can be turned in for deposits. 27 October 2025
Business
Amsterdam has most smashed trash bins of all Dutch cities as people hunt cans, bottles
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Garbage piled up on the street in Amsterdam. 26 November 2007
BusinessCultureLifestyle
Netherlands generates 8 billion kilograms of garbage in 2024, 4 kg more per person
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Cardboard boxes and garbage bags on the street
Business
Household waste up to 8 kilograms per person after years of decline
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Trash piles up in Amsterdam during a municipal workers' strike, 22 February 2023
Business
First day of trash strike: Amsterdam expects overflowing containers, stench
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Piles of rubbish bags dumped alongside a waste bin on a street in the center of Amsterdam, August 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Drenthe expects no more waste from AVR Rozenburg after November 1
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Trash found in the Hofpleinfontein in Rotterdam following the Feyenoord title celebration, May 2023
BusinessCulture
73 tons of waste removed after Amsterdam Canal Parade
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Plastic recycling containers in Halderberge, Noord-Brabant. 31 March 2021
BusinessTechNature
Plastic packaging waste in EU rose by 23% in ten years; Netherlands best for recycling
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Garbage on the street
Politics
Amsterdam struggling to get a grip on garbage problem
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Amsterdam flag
PoliticsNature
Amsterdam to separate plastic trash for its residents, doing away with its orange bins
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Recycling
Business
Dutch produce 500kg of garbage per year; Recycling nears 60%
Politics
"Amsterdam is dirty, foul and crowded": Rijksmuseum head
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Garbage piled up on the street in Amsterdam. 26 November 2007
Politics
Garbage collectors on strike; A'dam, Utrecht and Groningen