Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate

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A mouse inside a house
CrimeTechNature
Banned rat and mouse poison easily available online in Netherlands
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Beer in plastic glasses
PoliticsBusinessCultureEntertainment
Fewer than a quarter of Dutch festivals use reusable cups despite ban
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Girlfriends drinking beer on a party bus
1-1-2BusinessCultureLifestyleEntertainment
Dutch authorities warn of unsafe party buses on highways
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Fireworks explode in the sky in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel in the Netherlands during the 2019 New Year’s celebration
HealthBusiness
Dutch authorities reject one in four F2 fireworks, safety concerns remain
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A sign explaining the deposit scheme on plastic bottles on a vending machine for soft drinks in the Rotterdam neighborhood of Kralingen-Crooswijk, 8 January 2023
PoliticsBusiness
Deposit system overhaul: more collection points, faster repairs, rewards for returns
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A sign explaining the deposit scheme on plastic bottles on a vending machine for soft drinks in the Rotterdam neighborhood of Kralingen-Crooswijk, 8 January 2023
PoliticsBusiness
Inspectorate pushes to double bottle deposits to recover millions in unclaimed refunds
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Plane landing at Schiphol Airport at sunset
HealthBusiness
Uithoorn reports Schiphol for noise pollution
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Police check the maximum speed of a fatbike in 2024
Politics
No illegal fatbikes seized, sanctions imposed despite promised gov't intervention
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Bills
Business
Billing blunder: 9,000 Amsterdam homes received the same water bill multiple times
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An airplane landing at the Polderbaan at Schiphol Airport in 2021
Business
Schiphol risks exceeding noise limits at two monitoring sites, inspectorate reports
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Steel slag
HealthPoliticsTechNature
Dutch government restricts steel slag use over health risks
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Birds resting on floating array of solar panels in artificial lake Sekdoornse Plas, with power lines and forest in the background. Zwolle, 19 July 2020
PoliticsBusiness
Solar panel recycling faces major hurdles in the Netherlands
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A sign explaining the deposit scheme on plastic bottles on a vending machine for soft drinks in the Rotterdam neighborhood of Kralingen-Crooswijk, 8 January 2023
Business
Higher deposit on plastic bottles, cans on the way: report
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A brown rat in a home
HealthPoliticsBusinessTechNature
Most online rat poison sales violate safety rules, Dutch Inspectorate finds
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A KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport near in Amsterdam during the overnight period
Business
Schiphol again exceeded noise standards, but escaped punishment
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A sign explaining the deposit scheme on plastic bottles on a vending machine for soft drinks in the Rotterdam neighborhood of Kralingen-Crooswijk, 8 January 2023
Business
More plastic bottles returned for deposit; Target still far out of sight
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Authorities use sniffer dogs to check passengers on their way out of Schiphol Airport. 8 May 2023
Business
Sniffer dog trainers not always safe with transporting, storing explosives
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Chemours factory in Dordrecht, 21 July 2023
HealthNature
High PFAS concentrations found at 170 locations in the Netherlands
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Police check the maximum speed of a fatbike in 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Authorities admit they are struggling to enforce rules on fatbikes
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Drone
PoliticsBusinessTechInnovation
Security companies using drones to protect vital infrastructure
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
Politics
Over 40% of consumer fireworks were rejected for the Dutch market this year
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A sign explaining the deposit scheme on plastic bottles on a vending machine for soft drinks in the Rotterdam neighborhood of Kralingen-Crooswijk, 8 January 2023
Business
Raising deposit fees of plastic bottles to €1 will hardly raise recycling percentages
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Fireworks in a store
Business
A massive 65% of children's fireworks don't comply with safety regulations: Inspectorate
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A KLM aircraft takes off above a Transavia airplane on the ground
Business
Air rage on the rise; Incidents on planes nearly doubled