Tag: garbage
Garbage collectors’ strike in Paris: who is responsible?
A week of garbage collectors’ strike, and the capital lives up to the clichés of insalubrity that stick to its skin. Nearly 5,400 tonnes of waste littered the streets of…
Death threat towards Rutte on garbage can in Bunschoten-Spakenburg
Bunschoten-Spakenburg – A garbage can on the Oostdijk in Bunschoten-Spakenburg has been defaced with a death threat towards Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Other garbage cans in the street have also…
Garbage collectors are slowly cleaning Utrecht again after a strike, but wage demands have still not been met
“The most important thing now is that we talk to each other,” said responsible alderman Linda Voortman this morning. “When we started the negotiations, we said: what we offer is…
Garbage festival almost over: the Utrecht bag sea in the picture
For vermin it was a garbage festival: rats, street cats and crows flocked to the garbage and bags ripped open. The result: the rubbish blows through the city, into the…
Garbage collectors in Utrecht back to work, cleaning the city takes at least a week
To get the city clean again, the garbage men and women first clear up residual waste and industrial waste. That starts with the removal of the waste next to the…
Lord of the Rings threatens garbage company with lawsuit if it doesn’t change its name
With The Lord of the Rings trilogy enjoying enduring popularity and Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power bringing Tolkien’s world fresh to our minds, it’s time…
Troop in Utrecht strengthens striking garbage collector Stijn: ‘You immediately see the difference when we are not there’
That work may be a bit heavier than usual in the coming week, because a week’s worth of waste has been left behind. “In that respect, it is a man…
Garbage containers are getting fuller and fuller: Utrecht (76) tackles waste mountain with a vacuum cleaner
The hard work does not go unnoticed. “Thank you Jean!”, shouts a lady who passes by. “Yes, that’s sweet,” says Jean. “That’s Monique from the flat. She also knows how…
With pain in their hearts, these garbage collectors put down their work: ‘It’s not possible’
Day in and day out they are on the road to keep the city and the canals clean. But not this week. Hundreds of employees who work at the city…
Naples on the Vecht: Utrecht garbage strike just started, already heaps of rubbish on the streets
“It is already starting to become a t*ring mess”, a tweeter yells at the municipality of Utrecht. He gets a nice answer, but it has to be said; it is…