The banks of the major rivers in the Netherlands are littered with waste, mainly consisting of various types of plastic. About 40 percent of the trash comes from various industrial enterprises, another 35 percent is caused by litter, and 20 percent by others who dump trash into the water, according to the research carried out by Schone Rivieren, a project published on Monday looking into the cleanliness of Dutch rivers.
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Between 1 and 15 August, 1,827 volunteers picked up 6,081 kilograms of trash and 27,854 cigarette butts on Dutch beaches. The many thousands of butts show the need for smoke-free beaches, said the North Sea Foundation, one of the organizers of the annual Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour.