Textile standards must become much stricter. The textile sector must be sustainable, respect human rights, and eliminate unfair trade practices. These are the conclusions at the heart of the European Strategy for Sustainable Textile, Garments, Leather and Footwear, which was published on 23 April.
Amsterdam, October 25, 2019 – When immune cells attack microplastics, the immune cells die. Nienke Vrisekoop, assistant professor at UMC […]
Amsterdam, 18 October 2019. Plastics must also comply with the rules for chemical substances. Environmental organizations have stated this in […]
Amsterdam, 22 August 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released for the first time a report on the […]
Amsterdam, 21 August 2019 – In the Netherlands, 1.2 million mattresses per year are placed at the side of the […]
Amsterdam, 27 June 2019 – The fact that each day we eat, drink and breathe microplastics has been known for […]
Amsterdam, 18 June 2019 – Driving, especially accelerating and breaking, causes wear and tear of car tyres, which produces small […]
Amsterdam, 13 June 2019 – It is well known that we drink, eat and breathe plastic particles. But how many […]
Recycling. A word that makes me happy. Like the swoosh-swoosh-swoosh of the skipping rope as pretty young girls in their […]
Amsterdam, April 17, 2019 – Sometimes the wind brings sand from the Sahara to the Netherlands. The sky can turn […]
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
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.
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.
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
