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Our mission

Stop the plastic soup tsunami as soon as possible! If we do not achieve this, we are leaving future generations with a terrible plastic plague. We are a ‘single issue’ environmental organization that is concerned with one thing: stopping plastic pollution at its source.

As part of this mission, we call out the industry and government where they fall short. We also put a special focus on the relationship between plastics and human health. Our recent work in this field includes campaigns on microplastics and the health effects of plastic waste, and especially our Plastic Health Summit. Finally, education underlies everything we do, as we believe that children are the future.

We, humans, are the source of plastic pollution; the plastic soup starts on our very own doorstep. But together we can do much more to stop plastic waste than we think!

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Plastic Health Summit

The Plastic Health Summit 2019 was the very first congress in the world on the effects of plastic on our health. It reached almost 400 million people.

BEAT THE MICROBEAD

With this campaign we have already convinced 448 cosmetic brands to stop using plastic microbeads, reducing plastic pollution in our waters due to cosmetics.

Ocean Clean Wash

In 2014 we started addressing the problem of plastic microfibers and have since found various solutions to prevent ocean pollution by plastic fibers.

World Cleanup Day

A great success: almost 40,000 participants took part in more than 2,517 cleanup actions in the Netherlands. We found that single-use plastic accounts for 74% of all found litter.

EDUCATION

Annually we reach more than 130,000 children in the Netherlands and Belgium with our free educational program about plastic soup for elementary and middle schools.

Plastic Health Summit

The Plastic Health Summit 2019 was the very first congress in the world on the effects of plastic on our health. It reached almost 400 million people.

BEAT THE MICROBEAD

With this campaign we have already convinced 448 cosmetic brands to stop using plastic microbeads, reducing plastic pollution in our waters due to cosmetics.

Ocean Clean Wash

In 2014 we started addressing the problem of plastic microfibers and have since found various solutions to prevent ocean pollution by plastic fibers.

World Cleanup Day

A great success: more than 16,000 participants took part in more than 1,400 cleanup actions in the Netherlands. We found that single-use plastic accounts for 61% of all found litter.

EDUCATION

More than 2500 schools in the Netherlands & Belgium are working with an educational kit about the problem of the plastic soup, a kit developed by  us and distributed for free.

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The Sustainable Development Goals seem to be out of reach because of the continued use of fossil fuels.

22 June 2022
The world has lulled itself to sleep in terms of the SDGs framework. The well-known Sustainable Development Goals seem unattainable. This is primarily because ‘fossil’ has been given free rein.
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EXPERTS APPLAUD EU FOR UPCOMING LEGISLATION, BUT INSIST ALL MICROPLASTICS SHOULD BE INCLUDED

17 June 2022
Experts have come together from across Europe to explore how the EU can ensure upcoming microplastics restriction can protect both the environment and humans.
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ING major financier of new plastic production in Belgium

14 June 2022
ING Bank claims that it is concerned about the problem of the plastic soup, yet it is putting hundreds of millions into new plastic production in Antwerp. It is stepping all over its own sustainability policy.
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PUR: an invisible and hazardous litter

3 June 2022
Pieces of PUR - insulation foam – in the environment remains a hidden and little known form of hazardous litter
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European supermarkets under fire in new research

25 May 2022
Large European supermarkets can and should do much more to reduce their plastic usage.
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The best cosmetics without microplastics

24 May 2022
With our Beat the Microbead- app, you can scan all your personal care products yourself to see if they contain plastic. Our research shows that 9 out of 10 cosmetics products contain microplastics.
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Scientists call for a worldwide cap on plastic production

23 May 2022
In a letter submitted to Science, scientists argue for a cap on plastic production. It is the only way to stop plastic pollution.
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Plastic confronts scientists with new natural phenomenon

5 May 2022
Plastic pollution manifests itself in nature in different ways. Scientists are starting to understand these new and unexpected ‘natural phenomena’.
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Breakthrough: Europe plans to ban thousands of hazardous chemicals

4 May 2022
Europe delivers on promise and presents the world's most ambitious approach to eradicate hazardous chemicals.
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