Ahold Delhaize’s plastic policy has improved but still falls short
AH packaging free is an important step in the right direction, but the reporting on plastic in the annual report still falls short.
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World news: French container company refuses to ship plastic waste to low-income countries
Good news! One of the world’s largest container companies will stop working on the dumping of plastic waste on low-income countries by high-income countries. Now just all the other shipping companies.
New greenwashing trick by Unilever and Nestlé: plastic waste for cement kilns
Unilever and Nestlé excavate landfill sites for the cement industry to meet their pledges about plastic
Evolutionary traps for the sea turtle
If the environment of species changes too fast, they are not able to adept. See turtles are facing several evolutionary traps.
Canada declares plastic toxic and plans to ban SUP items
Canada declares plastic toxic. The country is taking this revolutionary step so that it can further reduce the plastic in 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.
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.
Keuringsdienst van Waarde hits the cosmetics industry with our app
Teun van de Keuken from the TV program Keuringsdienst van Waarde confronted the Dutch Cosmetics Association on Thursday 22 October with the question of why producers are not more transparent about using plastic in care products.
Prevent contamination by face masks
People all over the world have been advised to wear face masks. A downside is the kind of pollution that wasn’t there before because people massively use and throw away single-use non-medical face masks.
Cans of Red Bull again at number 1 of most found litter
For the second year in a row, Red Bull’s cans are the number one spot for producers whose products contribute the most to litter. Marlboro is number 2. Heineken has dropped from second to fourth, and McDonald’s is again in an embarrassing third place.
