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TWO not-so-unrelated stories from the Netherlands

A growing mountain of manure

The Netherlands is faced with a growing excess of manure from intensive farming, with the surplus due to reach 8% by 2015, newspaper Trouw reports on Monday.

Quoting figures from the agricultural economic institute LEI, the paper says tougher environmental rules mean farmers can spray even less manure on their fields than they used to, while the quantity of manure being produced is going up.

The stress and urge of rail travel - without facilities

Travelling by train is a relaxed and environment-friendly way of getting about. You can leave the car at home and sit back with a newspaper or book and a cup of coffee. It is a way of travel much to be encouraged.

But beware. In future you will have to forego the cup of coffee, because Dutch Rail plans to drastically reduce the number of toilets on trains and railway stations.
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People with bladder disorders will be the hardest hit, but most of us have been caught short at one time or another. And what happens if there is a delay during the journey?

If the advice given to one bladder patient is anything to go by, we will all be expected to carry a plastic bag just in case.

I suppose people with fecal incontinence will have to wear diapers? Or else the other passengers will have to climb over ev'ry mountain!

(via DutchNews.nl)