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Plastic Soup Foundation releases the new and free Beat the Microbead app! The app uses machine learning software to read the list of ingredients on packaging and it can identify more than 500 different microplastics.
Without government intervention, there will never be a circular economy for plastics. The coronavirus pandemic is leading to meager oil prices. As a result, virgin (primary) plastic is available at rock bottom prices.
Companies don’t have to make promises because it is already legally mandatory. Since 1994, packaging has had to comply with so-called essential requirements laid down in the European Packaging Directive. One of these requirements is that the weight of the packaging is limited to the minimum required.
23 May 2020 On Saturday, May 16, our treasurer Dieter Croese died entirely unexpectedly. This is my farewell letter. Hello […]
The Dutch technology company Avantium hopes to build a factory this year, which would enable them to market PEF in 2023. The chemical company developed a technology, which allows them to convert plant sugars into FDCA, a raw material for PEF (polyethylene furoate).
Last March and April, millions of plastic nurdles washed ashore on the coast of Norway. The nurdles are scattered on the rocky coast of Oslofjord and on many other islands in the area. There are reports for at least 250 places, including the coast of Sweden.
To communicate with each other divers have special hand gestures for all kinds of fish and sea creatures, but why not for plastic?
