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Plastic recycling
Health
Greenpeace: plastic factory emissions increase cancer risk for Dutch residents
22 July 2025 - 16:10
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Empty colored carbonated drink bottles. Plastic waste
BusinessLifestyle
Most Dutch use reusable shopping bags
16 December 2024 - 19:30
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Empty colored carbonated drink bottles. Plastic waste
Business
Cheap plastic from China and the US is threatening sustainable plastic companies
7 December 2024 - 16:40
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Plastic water bottles
BusinessNature
More deposit machines in Dutch supermarkets to boost plastic recycling
4 December 2023 - 17:50
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The Rotterdam Port and the Nieuwe Maas (in 2018)
TechNature
Dutch riverbanks heavily littered with plastic; Organizations want stricter approach
25 October 2023 - 07:00
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Feminine hygiene products
Nature
Riverside cleanup reveals need for biodegradable hygiene products
27 July 2023 - 20:25
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Exterior of Schiphol Airport in August 2022
Business
Several Schiphol Airport shops quit selling plastic water bottles
27 June 2023 - 18:45
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A disposable plastic container holding kibbeling, at the North Sea beach in the Netherlands.
PoliticsBusinessNature
New deposit scheme for takeaway food and drinks containers to start July 1
3 June 2023 - 08:15
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The Afval Energiebedrijf (AEB) in Amsterdam's Westelijk Havengebied
Business
Italian trash incineration in Amsterdam will impact Dutch air quality, experts say
18 April 2023 - 08:39
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Microplastic pollution on a beach
TechNature
Netherlands home to 291 million kilograms of microplastic from old tires, wrapping
8 November 2022 - 15:00
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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
23 October 2022 - 07:15
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Plastic pollution
Business
Netherlands is the largest exporter of plastic waste in Europe
11 September 2022 - 08:00
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Colorful plastic straws
TechNature
Several disposable plastic items banned in EU including NL
3 July 2021 - 12:15
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Plastic recycling
BusinessTechNature
NL recycles less plastic than figures show: report
19 October 2020 - 10:21
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Plastic recycling
Business
Plastic waste piling up at recycling companies
8 June 2020 - 16:50
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Supermarket
BusinessFoodNature
Dutch use 26 billion plastic food packages per year
10 October 2019 - 07:38
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Beach cleanup
Nature
Volunteers pick up nearly 11,000 kg of trash on Dutch beaches
16 August 2019 - 08:54
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Plastic pollution
Business
ING bank NL's biggest financier of gas-, plastic companies: report
16 July 2019 - 09:16
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Fresh fruit aisle at a supermarket
BusinessNature
Dutch supermarkets to reduce packaging by 20% by 2025
15 February 2019 - 15:10
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MSC Zoe
Nature
Consequences of plastic from overboard containers on animal life investigated
10 January 2019 - 10:45
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Nature
Dutch developer's Ocean Cleanup project kicks off
10 September 2018 - 13:10
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Fresh fruit aisle at a supermarket
Business
Albert Heijn to ban plastic fruit, vegetable bags from supermarket
10 May 2018 - 10:10
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Ocean Cleanup collects over $30 million; Pacific Ocean plastic collection set to launch
4 May 2017 - 16:05
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Volunteers remove 20,000kg of trash from North Sea beaches
1 September 2014 - 14:19
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