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.
Beat the microbead
The worldwide revolt against plastic beats the industry
Amsterdam, 27 November 2018 – The Guardian published a well researched and extensive long read, which analyzes the current worldwide […]
The European Parliament wants to ban microplastics in cosmetics
Amsterdam, 27 September 2018 – Breaking news: the European Parliament has embraced the environment commission’s report entitled Turning plastic wastelands […]
Swiss Alps: microplastics everywhere
Amsterdam, 4 May 2018 – By now it is almost too obvious to state that all across the world plastic […]
Ban on microbeads in UK, Italy and New Zealand
Amsterdam, 23 December 2017 – The United Kingdom, Italy and New Zealand plan to ban plastic scrub particles in personal […]
Beat the Microbead-coalition publishes new position paper
Jeroen Dagevos at the “Microplastics: Enjoy your meal” press conference. Amsterdam, October 26 2017 – Plastic Soup Foundation published […]
The international cosmetics industry and plastic soup
Amsterdam, 25 October 2017 – Last June the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), which represents the cosmetics industry worldwide, brought out […]
Every day 112.5 million microbeads pass through Ljubljana’s water purification plants
The cosmetics industry fears a worldwide ban on plastic microbeads in scrubs and on all other microplastics. The sector has […]
How British cosmetics companies try to wriggle out of the microbead ban
Amsterdam, 11 October 2017 – The United Kingdom, officially still a member of the European Union, notified the European Commission […]
Microbeads hinder the growth of duckweed
Microplastics can have a negative effect on floating aquatic plants like duckweed and hinder their growth. This is the conclusion […]
Latest news
Babies ingest 1.6 million microplastics daily through bottle-feeding
Babies drink millions of microplastics per liter of bottle feeding. Irish researchers sound the alarm. They advocate more research into potentially harmful effects and better instructions for parents
High risk that Europe will fail to meet its recycling targets
The European rules on plastic recycling are being tightened up. At present, a great deal is still wrongly included, such as plastic that is exported outside the EU and is not recycled but dumped there. The new starting points show that recycling targets will not be met. The Netherlands, too, uses recycling figures that are far too promising.
EnvironMenstrual Week
This week is EnvironMenstrual Week, a week in which more than twenty European organisations draw attention to the negative effects of disposable menstrual products on the environment and our health.
Plastic: Shell’s leaky lifebuoy
Because of the oil crisis, Shell has announced a significant restructuring, but investments in plastic production remain out of the question. However, the attention paid to the plastic soup and measures taken by governments to limit the use of plastic will be detrimental to the group, says a Carbon Check report
