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 Our round up of stories that you might have missed this week include the Mouxit, smart bins and stupid people, an underground bike station, SBB double deckers and a two decade old murder. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181116/glance-around-switzerland-mouxit-swiss-brexit-back-on-23-year-old-murder-geneva-too-stupid-to-use-bins Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:57:30 +0100 glance-around-switzerland-mouxit-swiss-brexit-back-on-23-year-old-murder-geneva-too-stupid-to-use-bins 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 In the latest skirmish in Switzerland’s (admittedly low-key) garbage war with its neighbours, waste management authorities in southern Germany have teamed up with the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment (FOEN) to stop Swiss residents dumping rubbish in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180418/german-state-cracks-down-on-switzerlands-rubbish-tourists Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:47:35 +0200 german-state-cracks-down-on-switzerlands-rubbish-tourists 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 Failing to tie up your paper and cardboard recycling properly can result in a hefty fine if you happen to live in the city of Zurich. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180119/cardboard-recycling-slip-up-costs-zurich-resident-dear Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:02:56 +0100 cardboard-recycling-slip-up-costs-zurich-resident-dear No mountain-lovers like seeing cigarette butts, plastic bottles and used tissues left in the mountains. But it’s not always convenient or easy to collect other people’s trash and take it with you. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170703/hikers-turn-rubbish-collectors-in-swiss-alps Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:28:26 +0200 hikers-turn-rubbish-collectors-in-swiss-alps An investigation has been opened to find out who left live rabbits in a bin in the Servette district of Geneva last Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170605/rabbits-suffer-cruel-death-after-being-left-in-geneva-bin Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:53:35 +0200 rabbits-suffer-cruel-death-after-being-left-in-geneva-bin Voters in the Italian-speaking region of Ticino voted to copy other Swiss cantons in bringing in a tax on rubbish bags, leaving the canton of Geneva as the only place in the country not to follow suit. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170522/ticino-votes-to-adopt-bin-bag-tax Mon, 22 May 2017 13:37:50 +0200 ticino-votes-to-adopt-bin-bag-tax Disposing of glass bottles on a Sunday or leaving rubbish lying around after a picnic could soon incur spot fines if the government gets its way. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170427/swiss-litter-louts-to-face-spot-fines Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:12:03 +0200 swiss-litter-louts-to-face-spot-fines The lower house of the Swiss parliament on Wednesday snubbed a change to the country’s environmental laws which would have imposed fines for littering across the country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160616/switzerland-votes-against-fines-for-littering Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:16:59 +0200 switzerland-votes-against-fines-for-littering Around 1,500 people are expected to volunteer in this weekend’s lake-cleaning exercise on the shores of Lake Geneva. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160518/thousands-expected-to-help-spring-clean-lake-geneva Wed, 18 May 2016 12:32:16 +0200 thousands-expected-to-help-spring-clean-lake-geneva Throwing your cigarette butt on the street could incur a 300 franc fine if a proposal by the Swiss federal government is adopted this summer. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160413/swiss-government-eyes-hefty-fines-for-littering Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:23:45 +0200 swiss-government-eyes-hefty-fines-for-littering The Swiss create mountains of rubbish annually and are second only to the Danes in the amount they throw away. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160323/swiss-produce-more-waste-than-most-in-europe Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:01:58 +0100 swiss-produce-more-waste-than-most-in-europe