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My little plastic footprint

Plastic on a strict diet

While 2020 started with deafening bangs, I started to back-up my memories of 2019 in my mind. A lovely hot […]

Breaking news: EU announces tax on plastic

Amsterdam, January 12, 2018 —First there was a tweet. Gunther Oettinger, the EU commissioner for budget and human resources, wondered […]

Softlaunch My Little Plastic Footprint

  Alicante, 18 October 2017 – Our long awaited app, My Little Plastic Footprint, had its soft launch this morning. […]

British public wants plastic free products in supermarkets

Consumers have an abundance of choice in supermarkets these days. From gluten free, low fat, sugar free, vegetarian and organic. […]

Sweden leads European ban on microbeads

Minister for the Environment Karolina Skog (Sweden) announced a ban on the sale of cosmetics containing microplastics at the United […]

Major American aquaria stand together to reduce the plastic soup

Nineteen of the largest aquaria in the United States have launched the In Our Hands campaign. This coalition of aquaria […]

The world’s population consumes 1 million plastic bottles every minute

The worldwide consumption of plastic is still rising. In 2016, 480 billion plastic bottles were sold while in 2004, this […]

Better Places is now Bronze Business Angel

We are proud to announce that the Plastic Soup Foundation has a new Bronze Business Angel, the travel agent Better […]

Make the difference during Plastic Free July

It is nearly July and that means that more than one million people from 130 countries will take the challenge […]

Surfrider Europe launches the “Reset Your Habits” campaign

Surfrider Foundation Europe picks up at least 20,000 plastic bottles during its beach cleanups and its other Ocean Initiatives every […]

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Cosmetics industry misleads consumers and government

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.

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How hazardous carpet waste ends up in horse riding arenas

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:

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Children’s playgrounds are a source of toxic microplastics

In children’s playgrounds, industrial waste full of toxic substances is being used as part of the “circular economy”.

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Are babies sufficiently protected against microplastics?

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.

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