EU ban on microplastics in cosmetics: too slow and too limited
Cosmetics companies selling personal care products without microplastics are calling for the swift introduction of a total ban in an open letter.
ENGLISH ARTIST DUO BUILDS ‘SUPERMARKET’ WITH LITTER FROM THE IJ
The Plastic Soup Foundation invited artists McCurdy and Hansky from Dirty Beach to create a supermarket in the Tolhuistuin made up of litter from the Amsterdam IJ. They wish to draw attention to the problem of plastic litter in our Amsterdam waters.
During SAIL, from Wednesday the 19th of August until Sunday August 23rd, you can visit the supermarket with a shopping basket and see the confronting amount of trash that is floating in the IJ.
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