1092 AD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Plastic has penetrated the capillaries of our planet, harming people, animals and the environment in ways both visible and invisible. We see the plastic crisis as a threat as serious as climate change.
That is why we expose the dangers of single-use plastics and offer concrete alternatives. Our ultimate goal is system change: an end to big oil as the driving force behind plastic production.
Our four pillars:
We want to stop plastic pollution at the source. One way we do this is by making the problem tangible: we link it to our own health and that of our loved ones. It doesn’t get any closer to home than that.
The plastic crisis is just as dangerous as the climate crisis; they are two sides of the same coin. Plastic pollution affects ecosystems worldwide and threatens people, animals and the environment, now and for future generations.
At the same time, the debate is becoming increasingly polarised. Since Trump’s re-election in 2024, the fossil fuel, plastics and chemical industries have been given more room. Multinationals get away more easily with misleading claims such as ‘suitable for recycling’, and attention is shifting to other issues.
That is why we focus our campaigns and programmes on three themes.
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