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Trash surrounding full bins on an Amsterdam street, 15 May 2026
Business
Amsterdam scales up efforts against litter as summer crowds loom
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King's Day flea market in Amsterdam, 27 April 2026
CultureLifestyle
City cleaners hard at work after busy King's Day with no major incidents
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Garbage piled up on the street in Amsterdam. 26 November 2007
Business
Amsterdam to stop collecting loose garbage bags in an attempt to fight litter
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Litter left on the street next to a trash can near the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. 18 June 2023
PoliticsBusiness
New AI app to help map out litter in Amsterdam
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Litter left on the street next to a trash can near the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. 18 June 2023
Business
LinkedIn post showing pile of trash in Amsterdam prompts city-wide clean-up campaign
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A crate to donate bottles and cans which can be exchanged for a deposit is placed next to a garbage can in the Indische Buurt in Amsterdam. 9 October 2024
Business
Big cities spending millions cleaning up trash cans dumped out in search of deposit cans
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Hand handing out coffee
Politics
Dutch gov't agrees to scrap surcharge on single-use plastic takeaway containers
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Hand handing out coffee
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch parliament wants to scrap surcharge on single-use plastic packaging
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Mother with three children on the bicycle in Amsterdam
Politics
Half of Amsterdammers say city is headed in the wrong direction versus 44% in 2021
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Homes in Amsterdam
PoliticsBusiness
Amsterdam warns homeowners of 27% property tax hike next year
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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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Campaign to inform tourists about the deposit scheme on cans and bottles
Business
Campaign urges tourists in Amsterdam to return bottles, cans for deposit
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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
Stores, cinemas, kiosks don't want to place deposit points for cans, plastic bottles
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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
Improve plastic bottle collection for depostit or face €300 mil. fine: Inspectorate
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Empty colored carbonated drink bottles. Plastic waste
Business
Can, bottle deposit scheme needs more collection points, higher payout to reduce litter
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The Oude Markt in Enschede, 28 January 2024
Politics
Enschede working on €1,000 fine for dumping trash on the street
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Empty colored carbonated drink bottles. Plastic waste
BusinessTechNature
Inspectorate wants to increase deposit on plastic bottles to 50 cents for bigger impact
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Aluminium cans
Business
Can, plastic bottle collection still below target; €374 mil. in deposit money unclaimed
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Young gray seal trapped in a fishing net on a beach on Ameland, 20 February 2024
TechNature
Sharp increase in seals entangled in nets, other sea pollution on Dutch shores
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The streets of the Red Light District in Amsterdam packed with tourists on a Thursday night in July 2017
Business
Many Amsterdam residents think city center is getting dirtier, more crowded
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Hand handing out coffee
Politics
Levy on single-use plastic not having much effect on litter
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Litter left on the street next to a trash can near the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. 18 June 2023
Business
Amsterdam taking measures against increasing litter
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Heineken cans
CrimeBusiness
Heineken under criminal investigation for not switching to deposit cans in time
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Volunteer collects plastic waste
PoliticsBusinessNature
Thousands of volunteers clean up 200,000 kilos of waste along the Maas river