Question marks over plastic collection

In addition to paper, glass and organic waste, plastic will also be collected separately from 1 January. The business community is jubilant, but the environmental movement has doubts about the claimed success. GPD article by Dylan de Gruijl, 30 December 2009. Published among others in BN/De Stem.

From next year, plastic packaging will be collected separately throughout the Netherlands. From film around cold meats to large plastic bags, everyone is expected to throw them into a separate bag or container. Plastic no longer awaits a one-way ticket to the incinerator, but is recycled in an environmentally friendly way into new packaging, flower pots, tennis balls, DVD cases or similar. By the end of 2012, the business community must ensure that 42 per cent of all plastic packaging is recycled.

Read more on the website of BN/De Stem

In addition to paper, glass and organic waste, plastic will also be collected separately from 1 January. The business community is jubilant, but the environmental movement has doubts about the claimed success. GPD article by Dylan de Gruijl, 30 December 2009. Published among others in BN/De Stem.

From next year, plastic packaging will be collected separately throughout the Netherlands. From film around cold meats to large plastic bags, everyone is expected to throw them into a separate bag or container. Plastic no longer awaits a one-way ticket to the incinerator, but is recycled in an environmentally friendly way into new packaging, flower pots, tennis balls, DVD cases or similar. By the end of 2012, the business community must ensure that 42 per cent of all plastic packaging is recycled. Read more on the website of BN/De Stem