Because Ducor’s plastic granules end up in the environment, the environmental department DCMR Ducor has imposed a penalty of €15,000 for each violation found. Ducor claims not to have done anything wrong…
Ducor started cleaning the heavily polluted ports of Londenhaven and Brittanniëhavens in Rotterdam. Both ports are littered with a thick layer of plastic granules, also called nurdles, the raw material for many plastic products.
Ducor Petrochemicals is being held responsible for the systematic nurdle pollution of its factory surroundings in the Botlek industrial area.
Amsterdam, 14thMarch 2019 – A small 24 million ‘nurdles’ have been washed ashore on the beaches of the Wadden Sea Islands […]
Plastic Soup Foundation organizes a pellet count in the Netherlands Amsterdam, 28 January 2019 – At the start of this […]
New research on the effects of microplastics on humans and other mammals shows significant behavioral changes.
According to new research, the plastics soup is smaller than previously thought. Is this the good news we’ve been waiting for?
Microplastics are present in human heart tissue, the first evidence has been found. It is becoming increasingly clear that plastic is dangerous to human health and the health of our planet.
The government will investigate measures, including bans, to prevent certain plastic products from ending up as litter.
