Roteb
Encyclopedia
Roteb is a city cleaning
company which is in service of the City
of Rotterdam
and tries to make sure that the streets
and squares
of the city
are kept tidy and they also offer waste management
services.
The acronym Roteb stands for Rotterdams, ondernemend, trots, effectief en betrouwbaar (meaning (from) Rotterdam, enterprising, proud, effective and trustworthy).
Roteb was founded in 1876 as the Rotterdamsche reinigingsdienst (Rotterdam cleaning service).
Sanitation
Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes. Hazards can be either physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of disease. Wastes that can cause health problems are human and animal feces, solid wastes, domestic...
company which is in service of the City
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
and tries to make sure that the streets
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
and squares
Town square
A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. Other names for town square are civic center, city square, urban square, market square, public square, and town green.Most town squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets,...
of the city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
are kept tidy and they also offer waste management
Waste management
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal,managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics...
services.
The acronym Roteb stands for Rotterdams, ondernemend, trots, effectief en betrouwbaar (meaning (from) Rotterdam, enterprising, proud, effective and trustworthy).
Roteb was founded in 1876 as the Rotterdamsche reinigingsdienst (Rotterdam cleaning service).
External links
Official Roteb website Roteb history, Engelfriet.net- Roteb Purifying Plant, MIMOA architecture site Roteb werkt over voor sneeuwvrij Rotterdam (meaning: Roteb works overtimeOvertimeOvertime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours. Normal hours may be determined in several ways:*by custom ,*by practices of a given trade or profession,*by legislation,...
for (a) snow-free Rotterdam), De PersDe PersDe Pers is a freely distributed Dutch language tabloid newspaper in the Netherlands, with a circulation of around 200,000. Its competitors are Metro and Sp!ts. The first edition of De Pers was published on January 23, 2007....
, 23 December 2009