Frans Timmermans receives the Politieke Pluim 2018
Brussels, 18 December 2018 – EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans received the political accolade, the Politieke Pluim 2018 today. He said that […]
Political plume
Winner of the Political Plume 2016!
Every year the Plastic Soup Foundation awards a prize to a politician who has taken action to tackle the problem […]
Politics Plume 2016: nominees
2016 was an important year in the fight against plastic microbeads and other microplastics in personal care products. Many countries […]
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A glimpse into the devious strategies of the plastics industry
2 April 2020 The American plastics industry devised a cunning strategy during the 1970s and the 1980s. In the revealing […]
CORONAVIRUS SURVIVES TWO TO THREE DAYS ON PLASTIC
The coronavirus can survive several days on hard surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel. In the air, that’s three hours. This result of recent laboratory research raises the question of how to handle plastic packaging to prevent contamination.
Multinationals dump 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste in developing countries every year
A new report by Tearfund calculated for the first time how many tonnes of plastic pollution, four multinationals, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-cola, Nestlé, and Unilever, dump in six developing countries: half a million tonnes!
Ducor Petrochemicals to be held responsible for plastic nurdle pollution
Ducor Petrochemicals is being held responsible for the systematic nurdle pollution of its factory surroundings in the Botlek industrial area.
