Amsterdam Braces Itself for Waste Strike at Start of Tourist Season: 'To Be Ashamed'

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The timing for Amsterdam could not be worse: the tourist season has been underway since Ascension Day and the temperature is lovely. But next week, no waste will be collected for three days. The FNV trade union announced a three-day nationwide strike at waste processing companies starting on Monday.

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There will be a national waste strike: on 2, 3 and 4 June, the waste processors will stop working. The waste will be collected, but not processed. In several cities (such as Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, etc.) they are very afraid that the city will start to look too much like Amsterdam. "We cannot rule out that full containers, additional placements, stench nuisance and litter will increase", according to Hester van Buren, the gigantic chaoti…