recycling

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...

Some 2.5 million Christmas trees are sold in the Netherlands every year. After Christmas? Away with it! Fortunately, many municipalities give the trees a useful purpose -...

December is the month of cosiness, elaborate cooking, long dinners, toasts with bubbles. But that also means walking to the bottle bank more often. Because all those...

It is a tricky dilemma and a question we get very often from readers and followers: should you or should you not use...

Do you ever flush something down the toilet that really shouldn't be? A damp cloth, a tampon or that last leftover soup? The toilet is part...

What actually happens to a glass jar or bottle after you throw it in the bottle bank? And how do we make sure that from...

Looking for an original and meaningful outing with your colleagues? Consider plastic fishing! In Amsterdam, you can join us on board Plastic Whale:...

On Friday 19 September - the day before World Clean Up Day - Amsterdam did not turn orange, but red. No party hats or free markets this time,...

What actually happens to your GFT - your fruit, vegetable and garden waste - after you put it neatly in the green - or sometimes brown...

Looking for another fine beach towel, picnic blanket or a cloth to drape yourself with on the beach? Then put this hamam towel from Zeeman...

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