Tag: Netherlands
This is the end of the StadsWormerij in Amersfoort – at least for now: ‘All the clichés about circular entrepreneurship are true’
What is the City Wormerij? At the StadsWormerij in Amersfoort, fruit and vegetable scraps are collected from companies. These remains are food for worms, which then turn them into compost.…
The ice cream farmer is doing good business in this warm summer, yet your ice cream is getting more and more expensive
But what turned out, during the year? The price increase was not 7 percent, but rather somewhere between 15 and 25 percent. “Look at the increased energy costs, for example.…
A water shortage was declared in the Netherlands – agricultural water use and river ship traffic are restricted
The water shortage in the Netherlands is caused by the hot weather and the lowering of the water levels of the big rivers. This summer, several European countries have suffered…
Here are three reasons why the Netherlands is called a narcostate
In the Netherlands, the phenomenon means that there is a huge trade in drugs and large quantities of synthetic drugs are manufactured in the country. Legitimate businesses are run by…
Car wash is doing good business, despite water shortage: ‘I will shower a little shorter tonight’
Zeist – Anyone driving past the car wash on Huis ter Heideweg in Zeist constantly hears the sound of high-pressure spraying. The rims of one car after the other are…
Residents of Lexmond themselves pull the wallet for regular GPs: ‘It got a bit out of hand’
Lexmond gets two regular GPs again. For a few years the village had to make do with constantly changing observers, but the inhabitants were done with that. And so they…
Still plenty of drinking water despite drought, but: ‘Think carefully about your consumption’
People who want to keep their garden wet can best do so from a rain barrel and not with drinking water. You can also flush the toilet with that water.…
Utrecht winegrowers happy with hot and dry weather: ‘It’s fine for the grape now’
Two years ago, a group of Utrecht residents set up two vineyards: one in the center at Van Asch van Wijckskade and one at the urban agriculture initiative De Koningshof…
Bilthoven women suspected of exploiting mentally disabled woman free again
Bilthoven – The mother and daughter from Bilthoven, who were arrested on July 12 on suspicion of labor exploitation, have been released again. According to the labor inspectorate, they forced…
Bonte Botenparade in Stichtse Vecht can still continue: ‘We came out with the municipality’
Stichtse Vecht – The Vechtse Vaarparade can still continue. For a while there was talk that the annual event, with about 150 illuminated boats sailing through the Vecht and thousands…