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How can you do things more sustainably at home? From saving energy to handy cleaning hacks. And from reducing waste to clever tidying tips.

Also want to drive electric? Consider private lease from Toyota!

  • 1 March 2026

More and more people are looking at electric or hybrid driving. Logical too, because you want to emit less and depend less on petrol. But such a switch...

This is how you spread microplastics while cleaning (and how to prevent it)

  • 25 February 2026

It actually makes us a bit despondent, because microplastics are everywhere. We spread them through car tyres, synthetic clothing, our shoe soles, make-up and personal care products. So.

Energiek: green power from Limburg and Brabant at a fair price

  • 16 February 2026

Have you ever checked your energy supplier's power label? You can just find that online. And that is no luxury, because how green is...

One bag of PMD waste, nine recycling streams!

  • 11 February 2026

What happens to your empty soup can, carton of milk or the packaging of your veggie burger when you have bravely put it in the PMD bin or container...

Yes! Coffee capsules are now allowed in PMD

  • 20 January 2026

Good news for coffee lovers: from 1 January 2026, coffee capsules will be allowed in PMD waste. That is the abbreviation for plastic, metal and drinking cartons - and perhaps...

Why wax strips turn out not to be so eco-friendly after all

  • 19 January 2026

They were embraced as the green alternative to liquid detergent: laundry strips. Light, compact and without plastic bottles. Yet in the green world, there were already resounding...

Storing solar power: what suits your household?

  • 15 January 2026

Solar panels are a great step towards a more sustainable household. But if you generate more than you currently consume, that surplus flows back the...

From garden hose to toys: this ruins PMD recycling

  • 13 January 2026

PMD stands for plastic packaging, metal packaging and drinking cartons and is collected separately in many municipalities. Great, because this waste stream is easy to recycle. At...

Blow without guilt: this is how to choose sustainable tissues

  • 12 January 2026

During autumn and winter, we blow our nose a lot. It may seem like just a harmless piece of paper to throw in the bin, but if...

Do you already know this mnemonic for PMD? Easy does it!

  • 5 January 2026

Why is a plastic milk carton allowed in the PMD, but not a plastic marker pen? And why is a soup can welcome, while a broken screwdriver is...

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