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No plastic in our water or our bodies!

psf 10 jaar

Ten years of Plastic Soup Foundation

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dutchess of the sea

Land almost in sight for Dutchess of the sea

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Big banks like ING fund the plastic soup

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COSMETICS INDUSTRY MISLEADS
CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENT

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HOW HAZARDOUS CARPET WASTE
ENDS UP IN HORSE RIDING ARENAS

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CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUNDS ARE A SOURCE
OF TOXIC MICROPLASTICS

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ARE BABIES SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED
AGAINST MICROPLASTICS?

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NO PLASTIC IN OUR WATER OR OUR BODIES

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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Our Impact

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

More than 2750 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.

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.

PLASTIC BANS over the world

Disclaimer: We attempt to maintain the information on this map as accurate and up to date as we can. Please keep in mind that information was correct at the time of entry. If you locate any discrepancies please contact us through the contact form.

Latest News

New Research in the Netherlands: synthetic clothing fibers inhibit the production of lung cells

24 February 2021
Nylon and polyester hinder the growth and recovery of our airways,…
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Supermarkets' plastic policy needs a complete overhaul

12 February 2021
By 2025, Dutch supermarkets promise to use 20% less plastic packaging material than in 2017. According to this promise, by 2021 we would be at around 10%.
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psf 10 jaar

Ten years of Plastic Soup Foundation

11 February 2021
Today marks the tenth anniversary of Maria Westerbos' founding of the Plastic Soup Foundation at her kitchen table. Plastic soup, pollution of the environment by plastic, was hardly known at the time. One of her first goals was that everyone in the Netherlands should know what it was.
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Make 'ecocide' a crime and give citizens a say in environmental policy

9 February 2021
In recent years, environmental crises have not diminished but increased. Two important initiatives can help turn the tide: criminalising ecocide and setting up a Citizens' Council for Climate & Environment.
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dutchess of the sea

Land (almost) in sight for Dutchess of the Sea!

3 February 2021
Some people go to extremes in their love of the sea. For example, Désirée Kranenburg, Astrid Janse, Remke van Kleij and Bela Evers, four friends from Deventer, taking part in the world's toughest rowing race: the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
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New report lays bare the fashion industry’s addiction to fossil fuels

3 February 2021
The global fashion industry has developed a dangerous addiction to synthetic fibres, which are made from climate-destroying fossil fuels like oil and gas, to power its fast fashion business model, according to a new report
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Big banks like ING fund the plastic soup

28 January 2021
Banks invest $790 million daily in 40 major companies involved in producing and using packaging plastics. Between January 2015 and September 2019, funding exceeded $1.7 trillion.
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Multinationals keep the plastic soup alive through the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

25 January 2021
The underlying strategy of AEPW is analysed in detail in the report Talking trash (September 2020), prepared by the Changing Markets Foundation.
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Cosmetics industry misleads consumers and government

14 January 2021
The industry stated in 2018 that the use of plastic microbeads had decreased by 97.6% and pledged that no more personal care products with plastic microbeads would be sold by 2020. However, such products are still offered for sale, according to scientific research.
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