On Saturday, tens of thousands of participants in the National Cleanup Day removed a large amount of litter in cities and villages and along the banks of the Maas River. Since the introduction of the deposit, the cleaners have come across fewer cans and bottles than before. However, other types of waste remain stubborn. "Chewing gum and cigarette butts, for example.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of participants in the National Cleanup Day removed a large amount of litter in cities and villages and along the banks of the Maas River. Since the introduction of the deposit, the cleaners have come across fewer cans and bottles than before. However, other types of waste remain stubborn. "Chewing gum and cigarette butts, for example.
Since July 2021, a deposit system has applied to small plastic bottles - water bottles and soft drink bottles, for example - in the Netherlands. But only 58 percent of the sold bottles were returned for a deposit last year. That amounts to 400 million bottles not returned that year, or over one million plastic bottles per day, AD reports based on figures from the Packaging Waste Fund.