The introduction of the deposit system on soda cans in the Netherlands brings about new challenges. The streets seem more polluted than ever, residents are angry and point at the homeless community, deposit machines are often broken, and policymakers struggle to achieve a waste management infrastructure that covers up all this mess. But what is actually happening on the streets of Amsterdam?
In this lecture we’ll dive into the daily experience of the can collectors in Amsterdam, learn about their way of living, how they manage to survive from “trash” and their perceptions of the system. Central is the question: “Are the problems the system is facing really new, or are they just airing the city’s dirty laundry?”
This lecture is organised by ASI together with Freek Colombijn (Faculty of Social Sciences, Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU Amsterdam). Amsterdam Sustainability Institute provides an inclusive umbrella for sustainability-related research at VU.
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