recycling plastic in The Netherlands

august 16 2007

The media are buzzing, but the citizens of The Netherlands take the new governmental plans of recycling plastic with a calm attitude.

They're already used to separating paper, glass, tins, textile and greenwaste (garden and vegetable waste) from the normal household waste.
So adding plastic to their job of taking care of the environment is yet another task.

Not all, however, are pleased by the way the extra costs are paid.
Even though the government mentions in her official press releases that she will pay for the extra costs of bringing plastic from the individual households to the waste, in fact the consumer is going to pay through extra taxes on plastic containers and other packing materials.

It's interesting though that this little country takes such huge steps to make life as environmentally friendly as can be.
With part of the country suffering from the fumes that are blown from the German Ruhrgebiet (an intensive industry area), and parts dealing with pollution caused by rivers that enter the country from countries that are higher above sealevel, The Netherlands has to deal with the waste of other countries and it's own densily populated country.

An example for many...who follows?


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