Leaking old landfills as the cause?
Jaap Bond, chairman of the floriculture trade association KAVB, has already called for in-depth research into the cause. Because if the bulb growers are not responsible, why does dinoterb end up in the water? During the working visit, old waste dumps will be pointed out. “Because, for example, it was once thrown on there. And now it is coming out,” says Van der Plas.
Nonsense, Jantine Leeflang of MOB previously stated. Because there is now more poison in the water than in 2017, according to the environmental organization it is impossible that the poison ended up in the water due to historical use.
Increasingly sustainable cultivation
Tulip grower Arjan Smit believes it is important to tell his story. “People often have no idea what we do here. We are virtually energy neutral in the greenhouse, water is reused and we do not use pesticides here. We still need pesticides outside. But we would rather green today than tomorrow. So we We hope that other parties will also want to visit us and enter into discussions with us.”
As far as BBB is concerned, the sector needs to be nurtured much more. “In Europe, people look at what we are doing here with admiration and even jealousy,” says Sander Smit, intended party leader for BBB at the European Elections on June 6. “If these companies leave, they will go abroad. Because people will continue to buy flowers. But then they come from countries where there are much less strict rules than here. We should not want that.”