You can now even get reimbursed for the plastic bags the supermarket gives out when delivering groceries. While I’d rather not have plastic at all, I think that’s at least some improvement…

03.12.2024 12:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When buying a beverage in a bottle or can in the Netherlands (and elsewhere), you pay a small “fee” for the beverage container that you get back, if you return the it. Usually 15 or 25 cents. With all the empty containers we find in the wild, 50 cents or 1 euro could be more effective. Thoughts?

03.12.2024 12:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you want to join the cleanup effort, ask your municipality, if you can get a grabber for free. I know you can in Utrecht. But you can buy them for relatively cheap as well 😃

02.12.2024 15:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We collected 5 buckets, of course. Not bottles….

02.12.2024 15:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Kilometer 3: a scarf, a cleaning rag, tissue, candy wrappers, bottles, cans and more plastic. In total we collected 5 bottles worth of trash today 😃

02.12.2024 15:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Kilometer 2: bottles and cans. Directly next to a trash can.

02.12.2024 15:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Kilometer 1: 2 full buckets of trash. soda cans, bottles, a retractor, a Rubics cube, cigarette packs, cigarette butts and plastic, plastic, plastic

02.12.2024 15:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0