Swiss Alps: microplastics everywhere
Amsterdam, 4 May 2018 – By now it is almost too obvious to state that all across the world plastic […]
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Amsterdam wants to go strawless! Join us by ditching plastic straws!
Amsterdam, 9 May 2018 – In the 1960s, paper straws in drinks were replaced with plastic ones, turning them into a […]
Investment warning plastic packaging
Amsterdam, 9 May 2018 – For years the plastic industry was considered a safe investment. Good returns were ensured, because […]
Cambodia: Vicous Circle of Bottled Water
Amsterdam, May 3, 2018 — You can’t tell from the photos, but there is a beach somewhere under all the plastic […]
European Commissioner Vella receives the first copy of the Plastic Soup Atlas of the World
Malta, April 27, 2018 — The first copy of the Plastic Soup Atlas of the World was handed to Commissioner […]
Weleda International Chooses to Look for the Zero
Amsterdam, 23 April 2018 – Weleda has informed the Plastic Soup Foundation in writing that it has opted for the […]
Are you ready to #RefuseSingleUse for planet Earth?
For this year’s Earth Day, April 22, Plastic Soup Foundation is collaborating with cosmetic brand LUSH to ask consumers in […]
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Disregarded tins kill
Amsterdam, 19 April 2018 – The Flemish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries recently set up an online incident desk Meldpunt scherp-in […]
Albatross, the film: ode to a victim of the plastic soup
Amsterdam, 18 April 2018 – Half-way through the film, the image suddenly stops. A close-up of an albatross feeding its […]
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Groundbreaking research shows Plastic penetrates our brain through the nose
A groundbreaking study by the University of Sao Paulo has shown for the first time how plastic can penetrate the human brain.
Our health is seriously damaged by plastic and the chemicals in it
Minderoo Foundation releases new report: Our health is seriously damaged by plastic and the chemicals in it.
FUTURE FABRICS EXPO LONDEN
On June 25 and 26, the Future Fabrics Expo 2024 took place in London. The thrust of this fair is to show that it is quite possible to make clothes from sustainable materials.
IN MEMORIAM – Dick Vethaak
On June two, 2024, Professor Dick Vethaak passed away. With him is lost a great and progressive scientist, but above all, a wonderful husband and father.
