Liquid microplastics in cosmetics are the new battleground
While the solid microplastics might be banned, it is still unclear whether this also applies to the liquid microplastics.
While the solid microplastics might be banned, it is still unclear whether this also applies to the liquid microplastics.
Amsterdam, 27 November 2018 – The Guardian published a well researched and extensive long read, which analyzes the current worldwide […]
Amsterdam, 27 September 2018 – Breaking news: the European Parliament has embraced the environment commission’s report entitled Turning plastic wastelands […]
Amsterdam, 4 May 2018 – By now it is almost too obvious to state that all across the world plastic […]
Amsterdam, 23 December 2017 – The United Kingdom, Italy and New Zealand plan to ban plastic scrub particles in personal […]
Jeroen Dagevos at the “Microplastics: Enjoy your meal” press conference. Amsterdam, October 26 2017 – Plastic Soup Foundation published […]
Amsterdam, 25 October 2017 – Last June the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), which represents the cosmetics industry worldwide, brought out […]
The cosmetics industry fears a worldwide ban on plastic microbeads in scrubs and on all other microplastics. The sector has […]
Amsterdam, 11 October 2017 – The United Kingdom, officially still a member of the European Union, notified the European Commission […]
Microplastics can have a negative effect on floating aquatic plants like duckweed and hinder their growth. This is the conclusion […]
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.
Journalist Laura Hoogenraad has been researching the reuse of old, shredded carpets full of chemicals in horse riding arenas, and this is what she found out:
In children’s playgrounds, industrial waste full of toxic substances is being used as part of the “circular economy”.
For the first time, scientists have found microplastics in the placenta. Recent research has also shown that babies consume 1.6 million microplastics daily via food from plastic bottles.