https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police in the town of Grenchen in canton Solothurn have hailed the results of the first-ever operation dedicated to catching people in the act of littering. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190521/plain-clothes-rubbish-police-patrol-swiss-town-grenchen-garbage Tue, 21 May 2019 23:00:54 +0200 plain-clothes-rubbish-police-patrol-swiss-town-grenchen-garbage A woman in western Switzerland has been fined 190 Swiss francs (€167) for putting her rubbish out on the pavement several days too early. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190430/woman-fined-190-swiss-francs-for-putting-rubbish-out-on-wrong-day-environment-switzerland-recycling Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:42:08 +0200 woman-fined-190-swiss-francs-for-putting-rubbish-out-on-wrong-day-environment-switzerland-recycling Switzerland may have a reputation for being one of the cleanest countries in the world but the numbers reveal a very different reality. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190125/swiss-among-europes-biggest-waste-producers Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:38:57 +0100 swiss-among-europes-biggest-waste-producers A man in the Swiss city of Biel/Bienne has been sentenced to two days in prison for failing to pay a fine for breaking municipal garbage laws after rubbish detectives uncovered his crime. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180926/rubbish-criminal-sentenced-to-two-days-in-swiss-prison Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:56:43 +0200 rubbish-criminal-sentenced-to-two-days-in-swiss-prison Authorities in the Franche-Comté region of France say more and more Swiss people are dumping their garbage across the border in a bid to save a few francs. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180330/french-kick-up-a-stink-about-swiss-rubbish-tourists Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:43:51 +0200 french-kick-up-a-stink-about-swiss-rubbish-tourists A small town in Switzerland says a soft touch to litter hasn't worked. Now they's getting serious. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160614/swiss-town-steps-up-war-on-litter Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:27:56 +0200 swiss-town-steps-up-war-on-litter Switzerland has the second worst record on a per capita basis for pitching electrical and electronic waste in rubbish dumps, a newly released report from the UN says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150419/swiss-rank Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:13:42 +0200 swiss-rank Littering is a no-no in Switzerland and citizens are becoming increasingly intolerant of offenders as a popular initiative in the canton of Basel-Country illustrates. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150309/tidy-conscious-swiss-crack-down-on-littering Mon, 09 Mar 2015 20:42:00 +0100 tidy-conscious-swiss-crack-down-on-littering Recycling rules in the canton of Vaud are strict, as one resident threatened with prison recently found out to his cost. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131203/i-faced-prison-for-plastic-in-a-paper-recycling-bag Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:34:00 +0100 i-faced-prison-for-plastic-in-a-paper-recycling-bag Geneva plans to demolish its garbage incineration plant and build a more up-to-date replacement expected to be operational by 2022 at a cost of 255 million francs ($267 million), officials announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130704/downsized-plant-announced-to-burn-genevas-garbage Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:40:00 +0200 downsized-plant-announced-to-burn-genevas-garbage A scheme introduced on January 1st to charge residents for the garbage they produce in Lausanne and almost 200 other municipalities in the canton of Vaud is off to a rocky start, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130109/polluter-pay-garbage-plan-hits-snags-in-vaud Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:37:00 +0100 polluter-pay-garbage-plan-hits-snags-in-vaud