Revolutionary: France’s ‘très simple’ alternative to plastic packaging
The refill revolution has started in France. A new law will make it possible to shop plastic-free in supermarkets. And that is fantastic news!
News
Statement Over Documentary Seaspiracy
By now you may have seen Seaspiracy, a new and shocking documentary about commercial fishing, but also about plastic pollution. We can imagine that this raises many questions, perhaps about us as well.
Microplastics are a source of bacteria and threaten humans and animals
Biological pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria can grow on microplastics. That this poses a potential danger for human and animal health has been known for a long time. But it now appears that a commonly used water purification technology is helping spread potential pathogens on microplastics.
Plastic lobby delays disposable plastic directive
The European Commission has produced a guide that lists which single-use plastic products are subject to the Directive. This guide should have been officially finalised last summer.
Plastic and the climate: two sides of the same coin
On Sunday 14 March at 14:00, people in the Netherlands will raise their voices about the climate. Plastic Soup Foundation is also joining. Why? What is the relationship between plastic and climate change?
Banks unscrupulously invest in plastic
Eight European banks have lent EUR 95 billion over the last three years to just 14 companies that are responsible for the plastic soup. Among these companies are oil multinationals such as ExxonMobil and Shell, chemical giants such as BASF and INEOS, and food giants such as Coca-Cola and Nestlé.
Growing support for international plastic treaty
There is increasing support among the member states of the United Nations for an international plastic treaty. This emerged from the recent meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world’s highest decision-making body on the environment.
The invisible threat: microplastics from your clothes
Did you know that your clothes release millions of microplastics into the environment every day? Microfibers from clothes, an invisible threat.
Packaging made of seaweed: finally a real solution for the plastic soup!
Good news! The winner of the Green Challenge of the broadcaster Omroep Max’s new TV programme Iedereen Kan Het! (anyone can do it!) has thought up a clever solution for single-use food packaging – packaging made of seaweed.
New Research in the Netherlands: synthetic clothing fibers inhibit the production of lung cells
Nylon and polyester hinder the growth and recovery of our airways, scientists from the University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), TNO, and Plymouth Marine Laboratory conclude in new research into the effects of microplastics and microfibers on our health.
Latest news
Revolutionary: France’s ‘très simple’ alternative to plastic packaging
The refill revolution has started in France. A new law will make it possible to shop plastic-free in supermarkets. And that is fantastic news!
Statement Over Documentary Seaspiracy
By now you may have seen Seaspiracy, a new and shocking documentary about commercial fishing, but also about plastic pollution. We can imagine that this raises many questions, perhaps about us as well.
Microplastics are a source of bacteria and threaten humans and animals
Biological pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria can grow on microplastics. That this poses a potential danger for human and animal health has been known for a long time. But it now appears that a commonly used water purification technology is helping spread potential pathogens on microplastics.
HEALTH RESEARCHER
The Plastic Soup Foundation, an Amsterdam-based organization that works internationally to stop the “plastic soup” (the ubiquity of plastic in […]
