Press Release
Published: March 8 2023Last change: March 9 2023
Employees of the Hague Environmental Services (HMS), the Haagse Straat Organisatie (HSO), container adopters and neighborhood ambassadors were thanked yesterday by Alderman Anne Mulder for their efforts to keep The Hague clean. After the thank you, the container adopters, accompanied by the alderman, were given a tour of the grounds of the waste collection station on Plutostraat.
Alderman Anne Mulder: ”We encourage residents to keep The Hague clean. We do this by showing, among other things, how we as a municipality keep the city clean on a daily basis and what the residents of The Hague do and can do to contribute themselves. Keeping the city clean is a shared responsibility of everyone, we do it together. My appreciation for all these people is enormous and the Week of the Waste Heroes is a great time to put them in the spotlight.”Keeping the city clean together More than 700 employees work every day to keep the city clean . These are the street sweepers who clean up litter on the street and in the green areas. But also the employees who collect the waste, pick up garbage that has been placed next to containers and work at the waste collection stations. Residents also contribute to a clean neighborhood every day. Thousands of container adopters and dozens of neighborhood ambassadors are active in their neighbourhood. The neighborhood ambassadors organize various activities to keep the neighborhood clean and thus enthuse their neighbors to help.
Employees of the Hague Environmental Services ( HMS) the Hague Street Organization (HSO), container adopters and neighborhood ambassadors gathered at the waste collection station on Plutostraat. There alderman Mulder addressed the group and afterwards the container adopters and neighborhood ambassadors were given a tour of the site.
Photo: Frank Jansen Week of the Waste HeroesDuring the Week of the Waste Heroes, from 6 to 30 March 700, the Netherlands puts everyone who contributes to keeping the country clean in the spotlight. In the whole of the Netherlands, such 12.000 employees are committed to collecting waste and keeping it clean on a daily basis of our streets. The municipality of The Hague is participating in the national campaign by thanking the street sweepers, garbage collectors and residents on social media, posters and digital signs distributed throughout the city. With this, the municipality draws attention to the important work they perform.
Clean, don’t we just act?’Clean, are we just doing it?’ is part of the waste approach of the municipality of The Hague. Waste heroes play an important role in the approach. Through the stories of all those people who are busy keeping the city clean, residents of The Hague are inspired to take action themselves. From street sweepers to garbage collectors, but also people who care about their own neighborhood and roll up their sleeves themselves. More information can be found on the website Clean we just do it.
Photo: Frank Jansen
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