Pollution

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Plane landing at Schiphol Airport
PoliticsBusinessNature
Plans for new flight route causing unrest in Utrecht
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The DuPont logo on a water tower in Dordrecht, 4 September 2010
HealthBusinessNature
Dordrecht chemical company aware of its carcinogenic PFAS pollution 30 years ago: report
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Aluminium cans
Business
More pollution in Amsterdam as people search bins for cans, bottles to claim deposit
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Man fishing in the Westerschelde in Breskens
PoliticsBusiness
Netherlands will hold 3M liable for PFAS "forever chemicals" in Westerschelde
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Microplastic pollution on a beach
BusinessNature
Investors call for urgent action to reduce dependency on plastic
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
HealthBusinessNature
Government, industrial companies fail to protect locals' health: Dutch Safety Board
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The Ocean Cleanup system successfully installed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 17 Oct 2018
NatureInnovation
Video: Ocean Cleanup removes 200,000th kilogram of plastic from the Pacific Ocean
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The empty baggage area at Schiphol Airport during the Covid-19 pandemic. 22 July 2020
PoliticsBusiness
Schiphol eliminating all overnight flights and private flights by the end of 2025
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Plastic recycling containers in Halderberge, Noord-Brabant. 31 March 2021
Business
New plastic waste guide aims for 100% circular packaging by 2050
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People walking past mounds of trash in Nairobi, Kenya
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
NL residents' discarded clothes causing severe plastic pollution in Kenya: study
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Aluminium cans
PoliticsTechNature
Cabinet insists aluminum can deposit scheme start by end of 2022
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Farmer harvesting cocoa fruit
BusinessTechNature
Dutch economy causing €40 billion in damage to biodiversity: ABN Amro
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Cutlery with sachets of ketchup and mayonaise
PoliticsBusiness
EU may ban single-use plastics like hotel shampoos, takeaway cups & ketchup packets
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Tata Steel, Velsen-Noord, IJmuiden, Netherlands
HealthBusinessTechNature
Experts investigating Tata Steel's processes over pollution, health damage concerns
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Fast fashion
PoliticsBusiness
D66 wants to make textile industry greener as parties speak out against Black Friday
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Microplastic pollution on a beach
TechNature
Netherlands home to 291 million kilograms of microplastic from old tires, wrapping
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Satellite images of the Rhine River in August 2021 (L) and August 2022 near Cologne, Germany shows falling water levels due to "soaring temperatures and lack of rainfall"
BusinessTechNatureInnovation
Looming drinking water shortage a threat to the Netherlands, suppliers say
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Burger
Business
Meat, air travel ads may get major pollutant warning texts
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Gray seal in the North Sea
TechNature
More seals entangled in plastic waste in Netherlands
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The Ocean Cleanup system successfully installed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 17 Oct 2018
TechNatureInnovation
Ocean Cleanup pulls first 100,000 kg of plastic from Pacific
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Tata Steel, Velsen-Noord, IJmuiden, Netherlands
BusinessNature
Carcinogenic Chromium 6 found in groundwater at Tata Steel
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Bartender pours beer into a disposable plastic cup
NatureCultureEntertainment
Festivals ditching single-use glasses
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Young leatherback turtles leaving their nest at Eagle Beach, Aruba. 24 June 2008
PoliticsTechNature
Turtle nests on Aruba falling by 5 percent every year
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Man fishing in the Westerschelde in Breskens
HealthNature
Warning not to eat Westerschelde seafood due to PFAS chemicals