Swiss consumers are producing an increasing amount of waste, pushing up the price of rubbish disposal. The canton of Neuchâtel has introduced a tax on each rubbish bag thrown away, while other French-speaking cantons prefer to pay by weight instead of by bag. (TSR/swissinfo.ch)
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Swiss Federal Railways, considered by some to have a spotless reputation, are reacting to complaints that trains and stations are not as tidy as they should be. There are already five cleanliness detectives in operation on the Zurich S-Bahn commuter train network. From mid-April their numbers will rise to 16 to cover the whole of…
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